When 17-year-old Alexander Browder was scrolling the news in the back of his economics class this week, he was surprised to see his own name pop up.
June 5, 2026
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When 17-year-old Alexander Browder was scrolling the news in the back of his economics class this week, he was surprised to see his own name pop up.
Russia had added Browder and four other British citizens to its entry ban list in the latest round of retaliatory sanctions announced by the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday. Award-winning investigative journalists Catherine Belton and Richard Holmes were also on the list.
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