Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that this move comes in response to a "series of unprecedented sanctions" that include barring top Russian government officials from entering the United States.
After the United States imposed sanctions against Russia over the current situation in Ukraine, Moscow has now responded with personal sanctions of its own, directed at the top US government officials.
In a statement issued today, Russia's Foreign Ministry said that this move comes in response to a "series of unprecedented sanctions" that include barring top Russian government officials from entering the United States.
Therefore, the ministry explained, US President Joe Biden and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, as well as US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, have been added to Russia's own "stop list" as a reciprocal measure.
Other prominent US government officials and political figures now featured on said "stop list" are CIA chief William Burns, White House Press Secretary 'Jen Psaki', Joe Biden's son 'Hunter Biden' and former US presidential hopeful 'Hillary Clinton'.
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