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The Squad Keeps Quiet After A GOP Senator Is Denied Entry Into Russia

Molly Prince
The Squad Keeps Quiet After A GOP Senator Is Denied Entry Into Russia
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) revealed on Monday that the Russian government has officially denied him a visa to travel to the country as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation.

Johnson, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation was scheduled to meet with a variety of Russian officials and civil organizations, but was ultimately barred from entering the country over legislation that he sponsored aiming to “hold Russia accountable for its aggression to Ukraine.”

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