BBC Information At 10 anchor Huw Edwards appeared fairly happy that he ‘made the lower’ of politicians and journalists banned from coming into Russia.
On Monday, the Russian international ministry launched a listing of 39 folks prohibited from coming into the nation after the UK issued sanctions in opposition to people who’ve hyperlinks to the Kremlin, together with Russian ministers and members of influential households.
The UK sanctions have been made in direct response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, which started on February 24 this yr and remains to be ongoing.
In a press release, the Russian international ministry claimed that the folks added to the blacklist have contributed to ‘London’s hostile course aimed on the demonisation of our nation and its worldwide isolation’.
Along with Edwards, different notable folks on the record embody Discuss TV frontman Piers Morgan, ITV’s Robert Peston and Sky Information producer John Ryley.
Reacting to the information on Twitter, the Welsh presenter joked: ‘Huw’ve been banned! I’ve made the Kremlin lower (39/39)’.
Former Prime Minister David Cameron can be included, as is Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer, SNP Westminster chief Ian Blackford and shadow cupboard minister David Lammy.
Commenting on the information, the Piers Morgan Uncensored host tweeted: ‘It wasn’t on my fast trip to-do record.’
In a press release concerning the Britons banned from coming into Russia, the Russian international ministry stated: ‘As has been famous greater than as soon as, the pernicious actions of the UK in planting Russophobia, spreading false details about our nation and supporting the Kyiv neo-Nazi regime will obtain an ample and decisive response from the Russian facet.’
‘The selection in favour of confrontation is a acutely aware choice of the British political institution, which bears all accountability for the results,’ it added, because the assertion additionally vowed so as to add extra names to the record.
Russia beforehand introduced it might be taking motion in opposition to 287 MPs earlier this yr, in response to the sanctions that have been positioned on Russian politicians.
In April, Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated that MPs whose names have been included on the record ought to view it as a ‘badge of honour’.
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