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Russia bans Va. Congressman, 12 other Americans
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/07/russia-bans-va-congressman-12-other-americans
Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 16, 2011.
Russia bans Va. Congressman, 12 other Americans
The Associated Press
© July 19, 2014
MOSCOW
Russia has placed a U.S. lawmaker and 12 other people connected with the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq on its list of those banned from entering the country.
In a statement Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said congressman Jim Moran, a Democrat from Virginia, was banned in response to the July 2 U.S. ban on Russian parliament member Adam Delimkhanov. He said Moran had been repeatedly accused of financial misdeeds but did not elaborate.
Moran serves Virginia's 8th District, comprised of Alexandria, Falls Church, Arlington and portions of Fairfax County.
The other 12, including Guantanamo commander Rear Adm. Richard Butler and Lynndie England, a former soldier convicted of abusing prisoners in Abu Ghraib, were banned in response to the United States' adding 12 names in May to the so-called Magnitsky List of Russians sanctioned for human rights abuses.