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MOSCOW - Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev found it impossible to react to the decision made by the Ukrainian Security Service to ban him from entering Ukraine for five years.

“I gave you a clear and detailed response to Kyiv’s threats several days ago. I will not speak on this issue anymore,” Gorbachev told Interfax on May 26.

Gorbachev told Interfax on May 23, commenting on Ukrainian politicians’ threats to deny him entry in the country, that he has never had, and does not have, any plans to visit Ukraine under the current Kyiv administration.