Ben Stiller and Sean Penn have been permanently banned from Russia over America's 'Russophobic course'.
Actors Sean Penn and Ben Stiller have been officially and permanently banned from entering Russia, as are 23 other "members of the US Congress, high-ranking officials, representatives of the business and expert communities, as well as cultural figures.".
Russia's foreign ministry made the announcement Monday in response to what it calls "the ever-expanding personal sanctions by the G. Biden Administration against Russian citizens.".
EW reached out to representatives for Penn and Stiller for comment, but we imagine they're not losing sleep over it.
Ben Stiller, Sean Penn Ben Stiller and Sean Penn are among 25 individuals who've been permanently banned from entering Russia.
Penn had traveled to Ukraine to make a documentary for Vice as Russia was planning its invasion of the sovereign nation.
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