The United States cannot ban its citizens from traveling to Russia, as is the case with North Korea. This was stated in an interview with the magazine by former American Ambassador to the Russian Federation John Sullivan. Foreign policy.
Following the high-profile incident in 2017 when American Otto Warmbier, who visited North Korea, died just days after returning home, the US imposed an entry ban on North Korea for its citizens. Warmbier was reportedly imprisoned by local authorities during his time on the Korean Peninsula.
“It would be nearly impossible to impose such a ban on Russia,” Sullivan said, adding that Americans cannot be banned from traveling there.
This was before Sullivan warnedCiting events in Ukraine as an example, he said that Washington’s influence over Russia has run out. According to him, if the States had another opportunity to influence the Russian Federation, they would use it.
Sullivan previously statedKyiv crossed the “red line” in the Kursk region.
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Source: Gazeta
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