Mikhail Gorbachev banned from Ukraine - CNN.com - 0 views
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The Ukraine has banned Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, after he came out in support of Russia's annexation of Crimea.
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Ukraine's Security Service told CNN the ban was because of Gorbachev's "public support of military annexation of Crimea."
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Gorbachev's spokesman, Vladimir Polyakovm, said the former leader knew Ukraine was mulling the ban and had earlier brushed it off, saying he did not travel to the country anyway.
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saying he would have acted the same way as Russian President Vladimir Putin on Crimea if he were Russia's leader today.
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He also accused the United States of "rubbing its hands with glee" over the demise of the Soviet Union.
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The Crimean Peninsula was annexed through a controversial referendum, which returned a large majority in support of joining Russia.
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The United States and Europe introduced a wide range of sanctions against Russia in an effort to pressure Moscow to back down from aggressive moves against Ukraine.
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Most recently, the two countries bickered over Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian military pilot who was detained by Russia for two years, and two Russian soldiers held in Ukraine