Luke Harding, a Moscow correspondent for the British newspaper, The Guardian, was denied entry in a Moscow airport when he returned to Russia after two-month absence. Harding was sent back to the UK on the first available plane, with his visa annulled and his passport only returned to him after he took his seat on the plane. Harding was given no specific reason for the decision, although a state security officer told him: "For you Russia is closed." Harding is known for his recent coverage of WikiLeaks publications. In particular, he published an article reporting that, in the opinion of Washington's top diplomat in Europe, Vladimir Putin was likely to have known about the planned assassination of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko. Several days after Harding's deportation, after a scandal arose with the UK's Foreign Office, the Russian Foreign Ministry allowed Harding to return, and explained the incident by saying that Harding had previously failed to collect his acreditation card.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/07/guardian-moscow-correspondent-expelled-from-russia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12444625
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