Russia bans 29 UK journalists, including Guardian correspondents

Moscow has said the ban is in response to the ‘spreading of false information about Russia’ and ‘anti-Russian actions of the British government’. Photograph: Getty Images

Russia has banned 29 members of the British media, including five Guardian journalists, from entering the country, its foreign ministry has said.

Moscow said the sweeping action was a response to western sanctions and the “spreading of false information about Russia”, as well as “anti-Russian actions of the British government”.