Russia has announced sanctions against U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and a list of other top-ranking U.S. officials and well-known American figures in a tit-for-tat exchange with the West amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
In a statement Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that, in response to unprecedented U.S. sanctions against Russia, a list of Americans will be “included in the Russian ‘stop list’ on a reciprocal basis as of March 15 of this year,” according to the statement translated by Interfax.
The list of Americans also includes Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, White House press secretary Jen Psaki, Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, CIA Director William Burns, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development Samantha Power, Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh, the first deputy minister of finance Adewale Adeyemo, and the president of the Export-Import Bank, Reta Jo Lewis.
The announcement comes in response to sanctions against Russian financial systems and individuals in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle the United States put in place following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 25.
The United States has also announced a ban on Russian oil and, along with other Group of Seven (G-7) nations, moved to end Russia’s normal trade relation status, making it more difficult for Russia to do business with the West.
U.S. officials have pointed to the devaluing of the Russian Ruble as well as the Russian stock market remaining closed as evidence of the effectiveness of sanctions.
By Nick Ciolino
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Note: The Biden’s are so compromised that the Russians gave warnings of major leaks about Joe Biden’s family business in Russia and Ukraine.
“Hunter Biden received a $3.5 million wire transfer from Elena Baturina, the wife of the former mayor of Moscow,” the Republican report, which was the result of an investigation led by GOP Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, explained as one of its “key findings.” ~ Newsweek
