Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has banned former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev from entering Ukraine for a period of five years, news site Ukrainskaya Pravda has reported.
Gorbachev is held in high esteem by many Western politicians for his attempts to reform the Soviet Union and presided over the successful declaration of independence of many former Soviet Republics, such as the Baltics.
But he has—controversially—repeatedly backed Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and reiterated his support for it in an interview with The Sunday Times last week.
A source from the SBU, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Ukrainskaya Pravda Thursday that …read more
Source: Newsweek
