By Wale Odunsi The Russian government has banned former President Barack Obama and 500 other United States citizens from entering th...
By Wale Odunsi
The Russian government has banned former President Barack
Obama and 500 other United States citizens from entering the country.
The Foreign Ministry said on Friday the ban was in response
to the latest round of sanctions announced by Washington.
“Washington should have learned a long time ago that not a
single hostile attack on Russia will go unpunished,” it noted.
The U.S. had last month refused to give visas to media
travelling with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the United Nations.
Earlier on Friday, America announced punitive measures
against over 300 targets to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Russia has confirmed refusing the latest U.S.
request for consular access to detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan
Gershkovich.
Detained by the Federal Security Service on charges of
espionage in March 2023, he is the first American journalist accused of spying
since the Cold War.
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