Russia announced on Wednesday that it was banning 92 American citizens from entering its territory, including journalists from several major media outlets, accused of spreading “false information” about the Russian army fighting in Ukraine.
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“Entry to Russia is permanently closed to 92 American citizens, representatives of the business community, academic and cultural figures, journalists and media,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Newspaper employees New York Times, Wall Street Journal And Washington Post are included in this list, which is in addition to the sanctions already imposed by Russia against hundreds of other American citizens and those of other Western countries.
Moscow accuses these journalists of being “involved in the production and dissemination of false information about Russia and the Russian armed forces” and of participating in a “hybrid war unleashed by Washington.”
The list of 92 people released Wednesday also includes military personnel, university professors, business executives, politicians and members of the U.S. judicial system.
Relations between Moscow and Washington have been at their lowest since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine in February 2022, which the Kremlin presents as a proxy conflict with NATO. The United States is Kyiv’s most important military and financial supporter.
The West has adopted numerous economic and financial sanctions against Russia, targeting its officials, its hydrocarbons, its banking system, its airlines and many other sectors.
