Moscow says Ukraine call for Western ban on all Russians ‘extremely negative’


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The Kremlin on Tuesday said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s proposal to ban all Russians from Western countries went off the charts and was seen “extremely negatively” in Moscow. The Ukrainian leader told The Washington Post that current Western sanctions against Moscow were too weak, adding the West should close its borders against Russians. “The irrationality of thinking in this case is off the charts,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “This can only be viewed extremely negatively. “Any attempt to isolate Russians or Russia is a process that has no prospects,” Peskov added. Irrespective of their political stance, Russians should...