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Russian Journalist Assigned to Cover Istanbul Attack Denied Entry to Turkey

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Russia's news agency RIA Novosti correspondent Dmitry Vinogradov, who was assigned to cover the consequences of the Istanbul airport terrorist attack, said he was denied entry to Turkey and deported from the country on Thursday.

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"The reason and the duration of the ban have not been named. I was only issued a paper where 'Entry Ban' was written. It was not clarified if [the ban] was a result of my professional activities or not," Vinogradov said.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that the initial indications suggest that Daesh, outlawed in the United States and Russia, was responsible for the attack.

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