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Russia Bars 500 U.S. Citizens, Including Former President Obama
- Russia has banned 500 Americans, including Barack Obama and Stephen Colbert, from entering the country in response to anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the Biden administration.
- The ban includes US government officials and law enforcement involved in the persecution of dissidents, as well as those spreading Russophobia and supplying weapons to Ukraine.
- The ministry also denied a US request for consular access to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, citing the US's denial of visas to Russian journalists covering Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to the United Nations.
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Obama, Colbert among 500 Americans banned from going to Russia
In response to a new round of U.S. sanctions, Russia announced Friday that it was banning 500 Americans from entering the country, including former President Barack Obama and comedian Stephen Colbert. The list released by the Foreign Ministry did not specify complaints against each individual. But the ministry said the offenses included spreading Russophobia, supplying Ukraine
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