Russia Bars Entry to American Journalist

In a move redolent of the Cold War, Russia has barred entry to an American journalist who had been living and working in Moscow.David Satter, a veteran foreign correspondent working for U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), says he was notified in December that his request for a Russian visa had been approved. However, he says he was later told by an official at the Russian Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, where he had gone to renew his visa, that "the competent organs"...

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