READING EAST MP Matt Rodda can kiss his hopes dasvidaniya for popping to Russia on Aeroflot for a weekend break – he’s been banned from entering the country.
Last week, a list of 287 MPs was published, and Mr Rodda’s name was included.
In official terminology, Mr Rodda has been ‘sanctioned’, and can no longer enter the Russian Federation.
It comes in the wake of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, which has led to sanctions placed on Russia in a bid to end the war.
Mr Rodda said: “The Russian Government can undertake as many political stunts as they like, but my support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people wherever they are, including in Reading, is resolute and steadfast.”
While Wokingham MP Sir John Redwood is on the list, Reading West’s Alok Sharma and former prime minister Theresa May are not.
The list of MPs who been sanctioned was published on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs section of the Russian Federation website.
The Ukrainian community is supported in Reading from the community centre in Sidmouth Street.
