MOSCOW — Russia’s International Ministry introduced 92 additions Wednesday to its listing of Individuals banned from coming into the nation, together with some journalists who previously labored in Russia, and legislation enforcement and enterprise individuals.
A ministry assertion stated the bans had been imposed “in response to the Russophobic course pursued by the Biden administration with the declared objective of ‘inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow.’”
It stated the banned journalists symbolize “main liberal-globalist publications concerned within the manufacturing and dissemination of ‘fakes’ about Russia and the Russian armed forces.”
The brand new listing of banned Individuals contains 11 present or former workers members of the Wall Road Journal — together with its Editor in Chief, Emma Tucker. She had repeatedly criticized Russia for the arrest and conviction on espionage expenses of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, who spent 16 months behind bars earlier than being launched in August in a prisoner change.
The ban has additionally been imposed on 5 New York Occasions journalists, together with Kyiv Bureau Chief Andrew Kramer, and 4 from The Washington Publish.
Different Individuals on the listing embody individuals working for legislation enforcement businesses, lecturers, and figures from companies and assume tanks.
Russia has banned greater than 2,000 Individuals from entry, in response to a ministry listing.
