Because the Kremlin apparently has no other pressing issues at the moment, more than 960 Americans have been “permanently banned” from entering Russia. The list includes such seeming no-brainers as Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, but there’s no shortage of eyebrow-raising names as well.
No longer welcome in Russia are such American menaces Rob Reiner and Morgan Freeman — who respectively directed and narrated a 2017 video about the Kremlin meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election (watch it below) — along with Mark Zuckerberg and John McCain, who is one of three deceased senators to make the list.
All are accused of spreading “Russophobia,” per a release that pulled the welcome mat.
Notably absent from the ban is Donald Trump.
Below is a translated version of the Kremlin’s statement that was released over the weekend; the Russian-language version is here:
In the context of responding to the constantly imposed...
No longer welcome in Russia are such American menaces Rob Reiner and Morgan Freeman — who respectively directed and narrated a 2017 video about the Kremlin meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election (watch it below) — along with Mark Zuckerberg and John McCain, who is one of three deceased senators to make the list.
All are accused of spreading “Russophobia,” per a release that pulled the welcome mat.
Notably absent from the ban is Donald Trump.
Below is a translated version of the Kremlin’s statement that was released over the weekend; the Russian-language version is here:
In the context of responding to the constantly imposed...
- 5/24/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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