Germany: Government Protests as Russia Bars Critic of Ukraine Policy

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Germany protested Monday after Russia denied entry to a political ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel the day before. Germany’s Foreign Ministry said the Russian government’s decision was “incomprehensible and unacceptable,” and called on it to lift any ban against the politician, the conservative lawmaker Karl-Georg Wellmann. Mr. Wellmann has been an outspoken critic of Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed separatists are fighting Ukrainian forces.