29 Aug 2014 20:38

Moscow views Poland's ban on Shoigu plane flight as gross violation of intl ethics

MOSCOW. Aug 29 (Interfax) - Poland's ban on Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu's aircraft passage through its airspace is a gross violation of the norms and ethics of international contacts, a high-ranking Russian Foreign Ministry official said.

"Such actions cannot be qualified as other than a gross violation of the norms and ethics of international contacts and, in the context of the celebrations in Slovakia, as a blasphemous trick against the historical memory and merits of those who saved Europe from fascism," Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov told Interfax.