{"id":1489252,"date":"2022-05-24T07:15:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T11:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489252"},"modified":"2022-05-24T07:15:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T11:15:04","slug":"russia-bans-963-prominent-americans-from-entering-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-bans-963-prominent-americans-from-entering-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Bans 963 Prominent Americans From Entering Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-bans-963-prominent-americans-from-entering-country%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489252&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><em>This article was originally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/russia-list-banned-americans\/31861558.html\">published <\/a>by Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Russia has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid.ru\/ru\/maps\/us\/1814243\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published a list <\/a>of 963 government officials and leading Americans who are banned from entering the country in retaliation for similar moves by Washington since the offensive in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The list, published on May 21, includes U.S. President Joe Biden, business leaders such as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Jamie Fly, president of RFE\/RL, along with several current or former members of the board that oversees RFE\/RL.<\/p>\n<p>The largely symbolic move names several top officials from the Biden administration, including Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.<\/p>\n<p>The list also includes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Democrat-California), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Democrat-New York), and the president\u2019s son, Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamiemfly\/status\/1528098456220450816?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fly said on Twitter\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>that he was \u201cproud to be included on this list. RFE\/RL being attacked by authoritarians is nothing new. We know that history is on the side of the Russian people. We\u2019ll continue to expand our reporting for Russian audiences at this critical moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Proud to be included on this list. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RFERL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RFERL<\/a> being attacked by authoritarians is nothing new. We know that history is on the side of the Russian people. We\u2019ll continue to expand our reporting for Russian audiences at this critical moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jpnlP2PFjV\">https:\/\/t.co\/jpnlP2PFjV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jamie Fly (@jamiemfly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamiemfly\/status\/1528098456220450816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Moscow had already announced sanctions targeting many of those on the list.<\/p>\n<p>One exception is Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman, who had not previously been cited by Russian authorities. He is now accused by Moscow of having recorded a video in 2017 in which he claimed Russia was plotting against the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Russia also banned three former senators who are deceased: John McCain (Republican-Arizona), Harry Reid (Democrat-Nevada), and Orrin Hatch (Republican-Utah).<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mid.ru\/ru\/foreign_policy\/news\/1814248\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0the move was in response to \u201cthe constantly imposed anti-Russian sanctions\u201d and said it aimed \u201cto constrain the U.S. which is trying to impose a neocolonial \u2018world order\u2019 on the rest of the planet\u2026to change its position and recognize new geopolitical realities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It added that Moscow remained open to \u201chonest dialogue\u201d and drew a distinction between the people of the United States and authorities who it said have been \u201cinciting Russophobia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ministry also said it also banned 26 more Canadians, including Sophie Trudeau, the wife of the Canadian prime minister.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. 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