China News Service, March 15. According to a report by the Russian Satellite Network on the 15th, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced sanctions against the United States and 13 people were banned from entering the country.
Among them, Russia said it had imposed personal sanctions on US President Biden.
Data map: US President Biden.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong
In addition to Biden, Russia has also imposed sanctions on U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, Secretary of Defense Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and others.
After Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine on February 24, the United Kingdom and the European Union announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were added to the asset freeze sanctions list.
Subsequently, the U.S. Treasury Department also announced sanctions against Putin and Lavrov, as well as Defense Minister Shoigu and Russian Army Chief of Staff Gerasimov.
On February 25, White House Press Secretary Psaki said at a press conference that the United States imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov.
In response to the announcement by Western countries to sanction Russian leaders, Russian officials responded on the 25th that the sanctions by Western countries were "irrelevant" and showed the "absolute incompetence" of the West in foreign policy.
On the same day, the United States announced new sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
The U.S. Treasury Department said the sanctions would apply to Lukashenko and his wife, and that the U.S. would block their U.S. properties and bar Americans from doing business with them.
At the end of last year, the U.S. Treasury Department announced a new round of sanctions against Belarus, including Lukashenko’s second son, businessman Dmitry Lukashenko.