Article: Russia slaps travel ban on Ukrainian official in retaliation

Russia slaps travel ban on Ukrainian official in retaliation

MOSCOW, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Russia has imposed a travel ban on a senior Ukrainian official in a retaliative move for Ukraine's barring Moscow mayor from entry, a Foreign Ministry statement said Thursday.

The move was against Ukraine's first deputy justice minister Evhen Kornichuk, the statement said, adding that it was possible the measure would be applied to other Ukrainian officials.

The move came after Kornichuk allegedly said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin could be denied entry into Ukraine for voicing negative remarks on the country, according to the foreign ministry.

"Given what he said in public, we suppose that ...

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