Derry Actor Seany O’Kane was turned away from a Moscow airport over ‘Visa issues’
The former Big Brother contestant has lived and worked in Russia for many years.
He is the owner of a popular Telegram platform for foreigners in Russia named ‘Moscow Pals’.
O’Kane is understood to have a great love of the Russian culture and people and is keen to promote a positive view of the country.
He has lived and worked in the country for years but was turned around on December 18 at Moscow Airport.
Moscow sources say O’Kane, now based in Bali, had tried to enter on a tourist visa and should have had a visa reflecting his business involvement.
The number of British and Irish people living in Russia has declined following the war in Ukraine and the economic sanctions which followed.
Moscow Pals also has a channel dealing with financial questions arising from how to extract finances from Russia.
That has led to the Russian authorities taking a keen interest in it.
Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Irish journalist/analyst covering Russia, Jason Corcoran, who explains Moscow Pals, Russian politics and Ukraine’s massive difficulties at the front.
Big Brother, Russia and the Derry actor
