The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that two French lawmakers and two journalists are barred from entering the country, citing a response to the earlier expulsion of a pro-Russian commentator from France.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that two French lawmakers and two journalists are barred from entering the country, citing a response to the earlier expulsion of a pro-Russian commentator from France.
Moscow on Wednesday said it was banning two French journalists and two French lawmakers from entering Russia in response to Paris's expulsion of pro-Russian TV commentator Xenia Fedorova earlier this year. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said lawmakers Sacha Houlie and Arthur Delaporte would be banned, along with journalists Paul Gogo and Ariane Chemin, who works at Le Monde. Kremlin spokeswoman says ban responds to the expulsion of a Russian commentator who used to head RT France.
France 24 English reported the story as "Russia bans two French lawmakers and two journalists from entry." Al Jazeera English reported the story as "Russia bans two French lawmakers, two journalists in tit-for-tat move."
3 sources have covered this story, including France 24 English, Al Jazeera English and Le Monde English. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed 37 minutes ago.
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- FirstLe Monde EnglishNov 11, 8:55 AM ET · FranceCenter
- +1h 52mAl Jazeera EnglishNov 11, 10:47 AM ET · QatarLeft
- +2h 2mFrance 24 EnglishNov 11, 10:58 AM ET · FranceCenter
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