Piers Morgan and Scots politicians banned from Russia for supporting 'demonisation' of country

Piers Morgan, Keir Starmer and eight Scottish politicians have been banned from getting into Russia for supporting the "demonisation" of the nation.

Vladimir Putin's regime introduced sanctions in opposition to 39 British politicians, officers, enterprise individuals and journalists.

These focused embody opposition Labour Get together chief Keir Starmer, former prime minister David Cameron and TV journalists Robert Peston and Huw Edwards.

Quite a lot of Scottish politicians have been additionally slapped with bans.

SNP Westminster chief Ian Blackford, Finance Secretary Kate Forbes, Greens co-leader Lorna Slater, Structure Secretary Angus Robertson, refugees minister Neil Grey, SNP MSP Fiona Hyslop, Lib Dems chief Alex Cole-Hamilton and Inexperienced MSP Ross Greer have all been banned.

The listing additionally options shadow communities secretary Lisa Nandy, shadow worldwide commerce secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds and Conservative former cupboard minister Liam Fox.

Former Nato secretary-general George Robertson has additionally been barred from getting into

Their names are added to these of greater than 200 different Britons whom Russia has already banned, together with most of Britain's main politicians.

The journey bans - mirroring these Russia has imposed on different Western nations which have hit it with sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine - are largely symbolic on condition that relations are already at all-time low and hardly any of these focused have been prone to have meant to go to the nation.

Russia's overseas ministry stated, nevertheless, it might hold including to the listing.

"Given London's harmful drive to spin the sanctions flywheel on far-fetched and absurd pretexts, work on increasing the Russian stop-list will proceed," it stated in a press release.

Individually, the Russian Prosecutor Basic's workplace stated it had declared the Calvert 22 Basis, a non-profit organisation primarily based in London, to be an "undesirable organisation".

"It has been established that its exercise poses a menace to the foundations of the constitutional order and the safety of the Russian Federation," it stated in a press release.

No remark was instantly accessible from the organisation, which was based in 2009 by Russian-born economist Nonna Materkova and focuses on arts and tradition in Russia and japanese Europe.

Responding to the information Piers Morgan tweeted: "It wasn’t on my speedy trip to-do listing."

Whereas, Cole-Hamilton stated: "Sooner or later, after Putin's military has been defeated and his authorities swept away by the tides of historical past, I hope that I'll have the prospect to go to and meet with those that have bravely stood up in opposition to the Russian regime. Till that occurs, I'll put on this ban as a badge of honour.

"The UK should redouble its efforts to assist Ukraine obtain victory on the battlefield, whereas right here in Scotland, our authorities should get critical about patching the holes within the refugee scheme and serving to those that have fled to our shores."

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