Tuesday, August 02, 2022

Keir Starmer and Piers Morgan among New List of Britons Banned from Russia

THE GUARDIAN: Politicians, businesspeople and journalists barred as Russia seeks to control narrative on Ukraine invasion

The Labour party leader, Keir Starmer, and Lisa Nandy, the shadow levelling up secretary, who has also been barred from Russia. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian

Russia has banned 39 senior British politicians, businesspeople and journalists from entering the country, including the Labour party leader, Keir Starmer, the former prime minister David Cameron and the presenter Piers Morgan.

“It was decided to include on the Russian ‘stop list’ a number of British politicians, businessmen and journalists who contribute to London’s hostile course aimed at the demonising of our country and contributing to its international isolation,” the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement published on its website on Monday.

“Given London’s destructive drive to spin the sanctions flywheel on far-fetched and absurd pretexts, work on expanding the Russian stop list will continue,” the ministry added. » | Pjotr Sauer | Monday, August 1, 2022