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Sen. Mike Lee heads to Russia as the Kremlin denies visas for two Senate colleagues who backed sanctions

Washington • Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, will travel to Russia this week despite two of his colleagues being denied visas by the country, possibly as retribution for supporting sanctions against Moscow.

Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., were denied entrance to Russia as part of an official congressional visit to the country. Both are members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and had backed penalties aimed at Moscow following its sustained and massive effort to meddle in the 2016 election with the goal of helping President Donald Trump and hurting Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.