BBC News At 10 anchor Huw Edwards seemed pretty pleased that he ‘made the cut’ of .
On Monday, the Russian foreign ministry released a list of 39 people prohibited from entering the country after the UK issued sanctions against individuals who have links to the Kremlin, including Russian ministers and members of influential families.
The UK sanctions were made in direct response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of , which began on February 24 this year and is still ongoing.
In a statement, the Russian foreign ministry claimed that the people added to the blacklist have contributed to ‘’s hostile course aimed at the demonisation of our country and its international isolation’.
In addition to Edwards, other notable people on the list include Talk TV frontman , ITV’s Robert Peston and Sky News producer John Ryley.
Reacting to the news on Twitter, the Welsh presenter joked: ‘Huw’ve been banned! I’ve made the Kremlin cut (39/39)’.
Former Prime Minister David Cameron is also included, as is Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford and shadow cabinet minister David Lammy.
Commenting on the news, the Piers Morgan Uncensored host tweeted: ‘It wasn’t on my immediate vacation to-do list.’
In a statement about the Britons banned from entering Russia, the Russian foreign ministry said: ‘As has been noted more than once, the pernicious actions of the UK in planting Russophobia, spreading false information about our country and supporting the Kyiv neo-Nazi regime will receive an adequate and decisive response from the Russian side.’
‘The choice in favour of confrontation is a conscious decision of the British political establishment, which bears all responsibility for the consequences,’ it added, as the statement also vowed to add more names to the list.
Russia previously announced it would be taking action against 287 MPs earlier this year, in response to the sanctions that were placed on Russian politicians.
In April, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that MPs whose names were included on the list should view it as a ‘badge of honour’.
