Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, said Friday that Moscow had banned him from entering the country.
McFaul, who was ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014, wrote on Facebook that Russia had banned him because of his close ties to President Barack Obama.
“Was told that I am [on] the Kremlin’s sanctions list because of my close affiliation with Obama,” he wrote. “I will take that as a compliment!”
McFaul said the move was a response to U.S. visa bans for senior Russian officials following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
He said he found out about the ban when he …read more
Source: Voice of America
