Russia says the director of a respected U.S. human rights organization and two other officials were denied entry visas because they provided false information about the purpose of their visit. Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth was among those who were to travel to Moscow on Wednesday. The organization released a report accusing the Kremlin of using onerous regulations to block the work of independent activist groups. An official with the group's Moscow office on Wednesday admitted that the three had been using a travel agency for help in its visa applications. The Foreign Ministry says that agency misrepresented that purpose of Roth's visit. .
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February 22, 2008
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