Ukraine imposed a ban on Gorbachev's entry

Ukraine has identified Mikhail Gorbachev as a threat to state security. Gorbachev reacted calmly: "He did not plan to go to Ukraine anyway."

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who was the first herald of democracy in the USSR, can no longer travel to Ukraine because he publicly supported Russia's actions in Crimea. A travel ban was imposed against Gorbachev, 85, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, according to the Ukrainian security service SBU: This is done "in the interests of national security."

The travel ban was originally announced for a period of five years, "mainly because of public support for the annexation of Crimea," which is, he told the British Sunday Times: "I listen to the free will of the people, and most are from Crimea wanted to unite with Russia. "

It is because of these statements that a ban was introduced on the 85-year-old leader of "perestroika and glasnost" from entering Ukraine.