Russia has imposed personal sanctions on US President Joe Biden and US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "From March 15, in response to an unprecedented series of sanctions, including the ban on entry of Russian high-ranking officials into the United States, on the basis of reciprocity, President Biden of the United States, Secretary of State Blincoln, We are including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, and a range of government department leaders, as well as prominent American activists on the 'Entry Ban List'."
The 13-man sanctions list includes government figures including White House Press Secretary Jen Saki, National Security Advisor Dali Singh, U.S. Director of International Development Samantha Power, President Biden's son Hunter Biden, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. also included.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said, "This move, taken as a countermeasure (to the US sanctions against Russia), is an inevitable result of the extreme anti-Russian line taken by the current US administration." We are clinging to a policy of confrontational deterrence against
"An announcement will soon follow further expanding the list of sanctions by adding high-ranking U.S. officials, military personnel, congressmen, businessmen, experts and journalists who harbor Russian hatred or who incite hatred of Russia and contribute to the enforcement of sanctions," he said. ' he warned.
313 people were included on the list of people subject to sanctions, including government officials such as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Minister Melina Jolie, Defense Minister Anita Anand, members of the Parliament, and anti-Russian activists.