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Medvedev Calls Russia-West Black Lists Exchange Absolute Deadlock

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The exchange of "black lists" with the West is absolutely a dead-end road, but in any case, Russia will not allow its citizens to be held hostages to political games, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday.

MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - The exchange of "black lists" with the West is absolutely a dead-end road, but in any case, Russia will not allow its citizens to be held hostages to political games, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday.

"We will not allow our citizens to become hostage to political games," Medvedev said during his annual report in the lower house of parliament on Tuesday.

"Of course, we can keep exchanging black lists, but I do not even believe it is necessary now, to prove, from this tribune, that this is an absolute impasse,” said the prime minister.

Western countries imposed targeted sanctions against a number of Russian politicians and businessmen as well as against Bank Rossiya after Crimea held a referendum last month in which over 96 percent of voters supported leaving Ukraine and joining Russia.

The US and EU have repeatedly warned Russia of economic pressure and international isolation if tensions over Ukraine continue to escalate.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said last month that talking to Russia in the language of sanctions was "inappropriate and counterproductive" and warned his Western partners about the "boomerang effect" that sanctions would have.

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