The organizers of the “Entrepreneurs of Russia” contest claimed – in a statement released today Monday by the “Russia Today” news network – that the recipients of Russian citizenship were distinguished executives in the managerial competition of countries including “Israel, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus and Georgia “.
In a separate context, the Russian Federal Security Service has arrested the Japanese Consul General in Vladivostok, in the Far East of Russia; For receiving confidential information on the impact of sanctions on the situation in the Russian “Primoria” region, as well as on Russian cooperation with one of the countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
“The Primoria Territory Federal Security Service thwarted an act of espionage by the Consul General of Japan in Vladivostok, Motoki Tatsunori,” the Russian Federal Security Service said in a statement.
The communiqué adds: “The search and investigation operations led to the arrest of the Japanese diplomat in flagrant crime while receiving information that was prohibited from circulating in exchange for a financial reward on current aspects of Russian cooperation with one of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region and the impact of sanctions on the situation in the Primora region “.
The statement stressed that “a protest was presented to the Japanese side through diplomatic channels and the Japanese diplomat is considered persona non grata due to his practices not commensurate with his job duties”.
Meanwhile, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the envoy to the Japanese embassy in Moscow after the Japanese consul in Vladivostok was arrested for espionage, and informed him of his consul in Russia’s persona non grata statement. .
The ministry said in a statement: “The envoy advisor to the Japanese embassy in Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, where we informed him of our statement that the consul of the Japanese consulate general in Vladivostok persona non grata in Russia, which necessitates his departure from Russian territory within 48 hours “.
The Russian Foreign Ministry indicated that a protest note had been presented to the Japanese side against its consul’s practices in Russia.
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