Overview

• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow will respond if travel limits on Russian diplomats inside the EU are imposed, with the Foreign Ministry to draft measures.
• Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov promised a mirrored response targeting diplomats from states that restrict Russian movements and dismissed the EU idea as irrelevant to daily realities.
• Financial Times reporting, cited by Russian state media, says EU governments agreed in principle to intra‑bloc limits and advance‑notification rules for Russian mission staff.
• The travel curbs are described as part of a broader sanctions package championed by Czechia, with Hungary reported to have lifted its veto.
• Formal adoption of the package remains pending under the EU’s unanimity requirement, leaving the proposed restrictions not yet in force.