Russia bans 100 Canadians including Atwood, Jim Carrey

FILE - Cast member actor Jim Carrey arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Sonic The Hedgehog 2," Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at the Regency Village Theatre. (Jordan Strauss/Invision via AP, File)

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced Monday that 100 Canadians have been added to the list of people banned from entering the country in response to sanctions against Russia by Canada.

A ministry statement said author Margaret Atwood, actor Jim Carrey and Amy Knight, a noted historian of the KGB, were on the banned list.

FILE - Canadian author Margaret Atwood speaks during a press conference at the British Library to launch her new book 'The Testaments' in London, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

The ministry said they and the other 97, many of whom are connected to ethnic Ukrainian organizations, were banned because of involvement in “formation of (Canada’s) aggressively anti-Russian course.