Russias latest sanctions are aimed at US leaders like Kamala

Russia’s latest sanctions are aimed at US leaders like Kamala Harris and Mark Zuckerberg

The “stop list” published by the Russian Foreign Ministry named 29 Americans.

Apr 21, 2022 10:08 p.m

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Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday indefinitely banned 29 more Americans from entering Russia, including Vice President Kamala Harris, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in retaliation for “ever-widening anti-Russian sanctions.” United States.

State Department spokesman Ned Price, who was also targeted, spoke about the latest Russian sanctions at Thursday’s press conference, saying it was “nothing short of a distinction to have earned the wrath of a government that is trying to protect its own people.” lies to and brutalizes their neighbors, and seeks to create a world where liberty and liberty are routed – and if it were up to them, wiped out.

PHOTO: Skyscraper office buildings at the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC), also known as Moscow City, left, and the Grand Kremlin Palace, center, in Moscow, February 15, 2022.

Skyscraper office buildings at the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC), also known as Moscow City, left, and the Grand Kremlin Palace, center, in Moscow, Russia, February 15, 2022.

“Likewise, it is a great honor to share this animosity with other fortune tellers,” Price added, naming his counterparts Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, “as well as a number of journalists, who have done the incredible job of sharing the harrowing, gory truth about Russia’s actions in Ukraine.”

In a press release, Russia’s foreign ministry cited the 29 people sanctioned Thursday as people “forming the Russophobic agenda.”

PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the head of the Republic of Ingushetia Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 30.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Head of the Republic of Ingushetia Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov at the Kremlin March 30, 2022 in Moscow, Russia.

Second Messrs. Doug Emhoff, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, ABC News Anchor George Stephanopoulos, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky and Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan were also placed on the so-called “stop list.” .

Last month, Russia also sanctioned President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and all 398 members of Congress to enter the country.