Russia announced today that prohibits entry on its territory to 963 Americans, including the American president Joe Bidenof the Minister of Foreign Affairs Anthony Blinken and the head of the CIA William Burns.
The ban is only symbolic, but it is part of a continuing deterioration in Moscow’s relations with Washington and its allies since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
A few days ago, Moscow banned the entry of the US Vice President Kamala Harris. Also outside its territory are 29 US political officials, media personalities and businessmen, as well as the head of Meta Mark Zuckerberg.
In addition, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Pentagon spokesman John Kirby are being targeted by Russian sanctions.
In addition, people in the world of economics, such as Bank of America chief Brian Monihan, and the defense industry, such as Northrop Grumman chief Katie Warden, are being targeted.
Finally, media personalities are included in the relevant list of sanctions, among them George Stefanopoulos, co-presenter of the morning show of ABC “Good Morning America” ​​and David Ignatius, a columnist for the Washington Post.
Russian diplomacy explains that it targeted these “journalists and experts”, accusing them of defending a “Russophobic agenda”.
On the Canadian side, the sanctions list includes Prime Minister Justin Trindade’s communications director Cameron Ahmed and Special Forces Commander Steve Boeing.
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