{"id":1934864,"date":"2023-05-20T12:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T16:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-bans-500-us-citizens-including-obama-us-talk-show-hosts\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T12:29:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T16:29:48","slug":"russia-bans-500-us-citizens-including-obama-us-talk-show-hosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-bans-500-us-citizens-including-obama-us-talk-show-hosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia bans 500 US citizens, including Obama and talk show hosts."},"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\">22<\/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-500-us-citizens-including-obama-us-talk-show-hosts%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=1934864&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--><h2>Russia Bans 500 Americans, Including Obama, from Entering the Country<\/h2>\n<p>On Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry made a bold move by announcing that 500 U.S. citizens, including former President Barack Obama, have been banned from entering the country with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<h3>The Reason Behind the Ban<\/h3>\n<p>The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the decision comes in response to the U.S. refusal last month to give visas to Russian journalists traveling with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">foreign minister<\/a>, Sergei Lavrov, to attend the United Nations Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also mentioned the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the Joe Biden administration, which are designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-ryans-master-plan-run-like-a-republican\/\" title=\"Tim Ryan\u2019s Master Plan: Run Like a Republican?\">inflict maximum damage<\/a> on Russia by personally affecting officials and ordinary citizens of the country. As a countermeasure, entry into the Russian Federation is closed for 500 Americans.<\/p>\n<h3>Who&#8217;s on the Blacklist?<\/h3>\n<p>Aside from Obama, the Russian blacklist includes many governors and members of Congress, both Democrat and Republican; attorney-generals\u2014current and former\u2014from twenty U.S. states; former officials on board of think tanks \u201cinvolved in spreading Russophobic fabrications and fakes,\u201d and heads of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-bans-500-us-citizens-including-obama-us-talk-show-hosts\/\" title=\"Russia bans 500 US citizens, including Obama and talk show hosts.\">defense industry companies supplying weapons<\/a> to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also singles out Nina Jankowicz, former head of the Biden administration\u2019s short-lived Disinformation Governance Board.<\/p>\n<p>The attached \u2018500 list\u2019 also includes those in the government and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">law enforcement agencies<\/a> who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-warns-bidens-crackdown-on-second-amendment-isnt-about-guns-its-about-control\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson Warns: Biden\u2019s Crackdown On Second Amendment Isn\u2019t About Guns, It\u2019s About Control\">directly involved<\/a> in the persecution of dissidents following the so-called \u2018storming of the Capitol.\u2019 This includes U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves and his predecessor Michael Sherwin, as well as Michael Leroy Byrd, the police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<h3>The Kremlin&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>The Kremlin also refused to grant the U.S. embassy\u2019s request for a consular visit to Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on charges of espionage.<\/p>\n<p>This move by Russia is a clear indication of the escalating tensions between the two countries. It remains to be seen how the U.S. will respond to this ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia has banned 500 US citizens, including former President Barack Obama, from entering the country in response to the US&#8217;s refusal to grant visas to Russian journalists. 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