The Shawshank Redemption actor, 84, joins a bumper listing of celebrities who're forbidden to set foot in Russia, together with Mark Zuckerberg and the previous first woman Hilary Clinton.
The transfer is available in response to US sanctions imposed on the nation for its invasion of Ukraine.
Freeman was reportedly added to the listing after showing in a video clip in 2017 that accused the Russian authorities of meddling with American democracy.
The Hollywood A-lister narrated the promotional video for an organisation named The Committee to Examine Russia, in accordance with CNN.
The clip was directed by filmmaker Rob Reiner, greatest recognized for motion pictures together with The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally, and he has additionally been added to the Kremlin’s listing.
‘We emphasise that the hostile actions taken by Washington, which boomerang towards the US itself, will proceed to obtain a correct rebuff,’ Kremlin officers stated.
‘Russian counter-sanctions are compelled and geared toward forcing the ruling American regime… to alter its behaviour, recognising new geopolitical realities.’
Democratic lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was additionally listed, alongside the late US senator John McCain, who died in 2018.
Russia beforehand banned US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris from coming into the nation.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, CIA chief William Burns, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, and nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan have been additionally among the many names.
The up to date listing comes after experiences that Vladimir Putin’s well being has been deteriorating for the previous 5 years.
Unbiased Russian media outlet Proekt scrutinised the Russian President’s absences, in addition to visits by medical specialists, and located he vanished from the general public eye for weeks at a time since 2017.
The Proekt investigation discovered that between 5 and 13 medical doctors accompanied Putin wherever he went in 2016 and 2017.
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