As the Kremlin battles against the sanctions imposed by the West, 963 Americans, including Morgan Freeman, have been prohibited from entering Russia.
The illustrious actor Morgan Freeman, whose voice is described as being “smoother than butter itself,” is reportedly one of several people who have been “permanently prohibited” from entering the eastern European country.
Officials from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs have stated that the individuals on the list “incite Russophobia.”
The Shawshank Redemption actor was apparently blacklisted for his participation in a video that was produced in 2017 for an organization called the “Committee to Investigate Russia.” In the video, he accused the Russian government of meddling in the 2016 election for the federal office of the United States.
In the footage, he can be heard saying: “We have been the target of an attack. We are currently at war. Imagine the following scenario as the narrative of a movie: a former KGB agent, furious at the fall of his homeland, designs a course of action to exact retribution.
“Using the anarchy to his advantage, he works his way up through the ranks of a post-Soviet Russia and eventually becomes president. After putting in place an autocratic government, he turns his attention to his most sworn-off adversary: the United States of America.
Rob Reiner, director of When Harry Met Sally and Runaway Bride, who was also responsible for directing the clip, is also banned from entering the country.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has published a list of American citizens who are permanently banned from entering the Russian Federation. According to a press release issued by the ministry, the following is an excerpt from the statement: “In the context of response to the constantly imposed anti-Russian sanctions by the United States and in connection with incoming requests about the personal composition of our national’stop list,’ the Russian Foreign Ministry publishes a list.”
They continued by saying, “We emphasize that the aggressive acts conducted by Washington, which boomerang against the United States of America itself, will continue to get a proper rebuke.””
In addition to this, the ministry charged the United States with engaging in “neocolonialism.”
“Russian counter-sanctions are forced and aimed at forcing the ruling American regime, which is trying to impose a neo-colonial ‘rules-based world order’ on the rest of the world, to change its behavior, acknowledging new geopolitical realities,” they said. “Russian counter-sanctions are forced and aimed at forcing the ruling American regime, which is trying to impose a neo-colonial ‘rules-based world order’ on
“Russia does not seek confrontation and is open to having an honest discourse in which reciprocal respect is shown to one another. We differentiate the American people, who are always appreciated by us, from the US authorities, who instigate Russophobia, and those who serve them.” These are the individuals who are featured on the so-called “black list” maintained by Russia.
The country’s most recent move against those who have spoken out against the country and its leader, Vladimir Putin, is the implementation of a “black list.”
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, the President of the United States, Mark Zuckerberg, the Chief Executive Officer of Meta, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Representative from the United States, and even John McCain, who passed away in August of 2018, are all excluded.
It should not come as a surprise that Donald Trump’s name does not appear anywhere on the list that the Kremlin has compiled.