Russia bans U.S. journalist for first time since Cold War ended

by Ben Reilly Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:34 pm

An American journalist has accused the Russian authorities of “dishonest and undignified” behaviour after being barred from the country in what he says is effectively the first expulsion of a US journalist from the country since the end of the Cold War.

David Satter, a veteran Moscow correspondent who has been reporting from Russia since the 1970s, was denied a Russian visa in December for what the Russian Foreign Ministry is called “a gross violation” of immigration rules.

The case, which has seen the United States lodge a formal diplomatic protest with the Russian Foreign Ministry, comes after two Dutch journalists documenting the run up to the Sochi Winter Olympics were similarly denied entry last summer.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10570171/US-journalist-become-first-to-be-banned-from-Russia-since-Cold-War.html

by Original Quill Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:06 pm

The Olympics live on the American dollar. The Russians are certainly trying to turn away the success of their event. I wonder is there will be much of an audience.

Besides, Lindsey Vonn is out.

Russia bans U.S. journalist for first time since Cold War ended LindseyVonn

Russia bans U.S. journalist for first time since Cold War ended LindseyVonn

by Ben Reilly Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:20 pm

Well, at least part of her is out ... Embarassed

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