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cover of episode Mark MacKinnon isn’t celebrating his ban from Russia

Mark MacKinnon isn’t celebrating his ban from Russia

2022/5/6
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The Decibel

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A couple weeks ago, The Globe and Mail’s senior foreign correspondent Mark MacKinnon) found out he’s now banned) from entering Russia. He joins a long list of Canadians who can no longer enter the country, like our Prime Minister, basically every member of Parliament, and some Canadian mayors.

This is part of a tit-for-tat between Russia and Western countries like Canada, after the West imposed sanctions on hundreds of Kremlin-affiliated people and organizations. Many of the Canadians who are part of this Russian list are proud of it, or laughing it off. MacKinnon is not.