Russia banned this Saturday the entry into the country permanently to the president of the United States, Joe Bidenand 962 other US citizens, in response to the Washington sanctions on Moscow for the invasion of Ukraine. “We stress that Washington’s hostile actions will boomerang against the US and will be properly rejected,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement announcing the move.
Biden is on the list, sorted alphabetically in Russian, at number 31, followed by his son. Hunter, with a peculiar history of its own in the relationship between Ukraine, Russia and the United States.
Among the senior US officials sanctioned are, among others, the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, Defense Minister, Lloyd Austin, and the director of the CIA, William Burns.
The sanctions were announced shortly after Washington reported that Biden enacted in Seoul the bill that includes a package of additional aid to Ukraine for almost 40,000 million dollars.
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Moscow He stressed that “Russian counter-sanctions are intended to force the US regime, which is trying to impose a rules-based neo-colonial world order on the rest of the world, to change its behavior and recognize new geopolitical realities.”
“Russia does not seek confrontation and is open to frank, respectful dialogue, differentiating the American people, who have always enjoyed our respect, from the US authorities, who encourage rusofobia, and those who serve them. Precisely these people are included in the Russian ‘black list’,” added Foreign Affairs.