In response to European Union sanctions on Russian president Vladimir Putin’s circle of allies, Russian embassies across Europe have compiled their own blacklist of Western politicians who are not to be allowed into the country, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports.
Since the start of the Ukraine crisis several European politicians have been refused entry into Russia, under unclear circumstances sparking rumours of a secret blacklist of European politicians. German MP Karl-Georg Wellmann was stopped at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport yesterday and was told he was banned from entering Russia until 2019. In September German Greens politician Rebecca Harms was denied entry …read more
Source: Newsweek
