Russia Bans More US Journalists, Officials, Business Leaders From Entering Country

Last year, Moscow released another no-entry list that included former U.S. President Barack Obama and late night TV host Stephen Colbert.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with senior editors from international news agencies at Lakhta Centre business tower in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on June 5, 2024. Sputnik/Valentina Pevtsova/Pool via Reuters

Russia’s foreign ministry has added 92 Americans, including journalists, law enforcement officials, and tech leaders, to its list of people banned from entering the country.

In an Aug. 28 statement regarding the move, the ministry said it was in response to the “Russophobic course pursued by the Biden administration with the declared goal of ‘inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow.’”