{"id":33578,"date":"2022-03-28T18:39:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33578"},"modified":"2022-03-28T18:39:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:39:08","slug":"russia-to-ban-entrance-to-albanian-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/russia-to-ban-entrance-to-albanian-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia to ban entrance to Albanian citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russia is considering banning citizens of several \u2018unfriendly states\u2019 on its territory, reported Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Albania was among the blacklisted, along with EU member states, the US, and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that a presidential decree is being compiled for that aim, during a televised address to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>He also added that there will be exceptions, as the decree will serve to outline various restrictions in order to enter Russian territory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has announced that Moscow is preparing a decree to restrict citizens of &quot;unfriendly countries&quot; from entering the country.<\/p>\n<p>The list includes EU, UK, USA, Ukraine, amongst others: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PfPjkZn3Uu\">pic.twitter.com\/PfPjkZn3Uu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jonny Tickle (@jonnytickle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonnytickle\/status\/1508420412476170245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Russia expanded its list of &#8216;unfriendly states&#8217; after Western countries sanctioned Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Albania is among the countries to be sanctioned by Russia, as it decided to follow the same line as the United States and the European Union.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2022\/03\/28\/north-macedonia-expels-5-russian-diplomats\/\">North Macedonia expels 5 Russian diplomats<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/25\/russias-interest-in-the-balkans-will-be-amplified-through-serbia-says-former-pm\/\">Russia\u2019s interest in the Balkans will be amplified by Serbia, says former PM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/europe\/2022\/03\/22\/russian-media-authority-blocks-euronews-in-russia-due-to-coverage-of-ukraine-war\/\">Russian media authority blocks Euronews in Russia due to coverage of Ukraine war<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia is considering banning citizens of several \u2018unfriendly states\u2019 on its territory, reported Reuters. Albania was among the blacklisted, along with EU member states, the US, and the UK. Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said that a presidential decree is being compiled for that aim, during a televised address to the nation. He also added that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,499,413,151,894,284,785,334,285,1030],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russia to ban entrance to Albanian citizens - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/russia-to-ban-entrance-to-albanian-citizens\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia to ban entrance to Albanian citizens - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russia is considering banning citizens of several \u2018unfriendly states\u2019 on its territory, reported Reuters. 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