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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) did not allow comedian Danila Poperechny, who on May 18 was supposed to perform with a concert in Kyiv, to enter the country and banned him from entering Ukraine for a period of three years. “Poperechny has been banned from entering Ukraine since April 12, 2018, for 3 years,” the SBU told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency on May 15 morning.

However, the Civil Movement ‘Vіdsіch’ (Rebuff) said on Facebook that the reason was the anti-Ukrainian position of the artist. It is noted that the blogger was caught in support of Russian politics in Ukraine, in particular, the occupation of Crimea.