Russia has banned 500 Americans, including Obama, Rachel Maddow, and Stephen Colbert, from entering the country in retaliation to U.S. sanctions over the Ukraine war. The list targets former officials, both Democrat and Republican lawmakers, “Russophobic” experts and analysts, and companies supplying weapons to Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry warns “not a single hostile attack against Russia will be left without a strong reaction.”
Because nothing screams strength quite like banning comedians from a country they probably don’t want to visit anyway.
Russia bans Obama, Maddow, Colbert over sanctions (yahoo.com)