Russia considers banning 200 EU and US officials from entering Russia

US officials top the blacklist, including House Speaker John Boehner.

Russian media reported on March 19 that more than 200 politicians and officials from the European Union and the United States have been added to the list of foreigners banned from entering Russia.

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“The list of foreign citizens denied entry to the Russian Federation is similar to the blacklists in the European Union and NATO countries. The United States tops the list with more than 60 people,” a source close to the Russian Foreign Ministry told Izvestia.

According to the source, the list includes House Speaker John Boehner, House Minority Leader Harry Reid, Deputy Assistant to the President Caroline Atkinson, advisers Daniel Pfeiffer and Benjamin Rhodes, as well as Senators John McCain and Bob Menendez.

Russia had already imposed an entry ban on some citizens from the United States, the European Union and other countries in spring 2014. The move was in response to sanctions against Russian officials over the annexation of Crimea and the crisis in Eastern Ukraine./.

According to VOV.VN