The head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev
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MOSCOW, may 28. /TASS/. The head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev said that he could not participate in the UN General Assembly after its inclusion in the sanctions lists of the United States.
“After I was included in the sanctions lists of the USA in early April, two weeks later, the U.S. state Department annulled the ruling and had my passport the annual visa to attend UN events in the U.S.,” said Kosachev at the Committee meeting on Monday.