Posted on 07/19/2014 12:21:11 PM PDT by Libloather
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has placed a U.S. lawmaker and 12 other people connected with the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq on its list of those banned from entering the country.
In a statement Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said congressman Jim Moran, a Democrat from Virginia, was banned in response to the July 2 U.S. ban on Russian parliament member Adam Delimkhanov. He said Moran had been repeatedly accused of financial misdeeds but didn't elaborate.
The other 12, including Guantanamo commander Rear Adm. Richard Butler and Lynndie England, a former soldier convicted of abusing prisoners in Abu Ghraib, were banned in response to the United States' adding 12 names in May to the so-called Magnitsky List of Russians sanctioned for human rights abuses.
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I wish we could ban Jim Moran too (yes, I know he’s retiring.... Finally!).
Shirley you jest.
can we please ban jim moron from the US too????
Can he ban my Senator Nancy Pelosi for Russia
That Lynddie banning is really going to hurt.
Lets see, panties on head or 295 dead airliner passengers.
Gosh, it’s a real tough call... /s
The rest of the world should do all that it can to absolutely cripple the Russian economy. Putin has already done half the job for us.
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