Posts Tagged ‘luke harding’

08
February 2011

Russia: who’s next to be expelled?

Financial Times

Throwing out Guardian newspaper journalist Luke Harding seems to have backfired as an attempt by the Kremlin to improve Russia’s image. Harding tried to fly back to Russia on Saturday from a trip abroad but had his visa cancelled at the airport.

He is not the first westerner to be expelled from Russia, and may not be the last – business people included.

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08
February 2011

Russia puts British reporter on banned list

Reuters

Russia has put a British reporter for the Guardian newspaper on a list of people banned from entering the country because he entered a closed security zone without permission, a law enforcement source said on Tuesday.

Guardian correspondent Luke Harding was refused entry at passport control in Moscow this weekend, had his visa annulled and was put on a plane back to Britain, his newspaper said.

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