The Kremlin regrets a decision by Kiev authorities to impose an entrance ban to Ukraine on former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, Sputnik cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Friday.

"I am not aware about president's [Vladimir Putin] position. At the same time, I can only express regret over one more expansion of the non grata persons list, especially at the expense of such veterans of our politics and world politics as Gorbachev," Peskov told journalists.

Peskov said that the he was not ready to answer the question on whether there will be a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Gorbachev.

On Monday, Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, said he had sent a proposal to the country's foreign minister and the Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) head to ban Gorbachev from entering Ukraine after the former Soviet leader said the Soviet Union would still exist with Crimea as part of it if he was still in power. On Thursday, the SBU confirmed the ban.

Source : MENA