The Russian Foreign Ministry has included this Thursday in its black list of sanctions 29 citizens of the United Statesincluding the vice president, kamala harrisand the founding entrepreneur of Facebook, mark zuckerberg, which will be banned from entering Russian territory. The list, released by the Foreign Ministry, also includes the names of the White House Chief of Staff, Ronald Klayn, from the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicksas well as that of the vice president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Christopher Grady. They also include the spokesmen for the Pentagon and the Department of Defense.
Moscow has singled out Kamala Harris’s husband in the political sphere, Douglas Emhoffand other relatives such as Secretary of State’s wife North American Anthony Blinken. In the business field, in addition to Zuckerberg, the sanctions affect the president of Bank of America, Brian Thomas Moynihanthe CEO of LinkedIn, Ryan Rosslanskywhile in the field of communication there are presenters or collaborators from CNN, ABC or Meduza.
Another 61 new sanctions on Canadians
In addition, the Russian Foreign Ministry has announced 61 other sanctions against Canadian officials, journalists and military experts for supporting what he called the “Russophobic” stance of the Canadian administration. The list includes the commanding general of the Special Operations Forces, Steve Bovinto the Governor of the Central Bank, Tiff Macklemas well as John Tory and Jim Watson, the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa. The ministry has explained that the 61 people are banned from entering Russia indefinitely.
So far, Russia had sanctioned the US president Joe Bidento the Secretary of State Anthony Blinkento the Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austinto the National Security Advisor Jake Sullivanto the head of the CIA William Burnsto the former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clintonny to the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeauamong other personalities.
Also, on April 13 sanctioned 398 congressmen from the US House of Representatives and 87 senators from Canada in response to the sanctions imposed by Washington and Ottawa against deputies of the Russian Duma (Lower House) and the Federation Council (Senate).
Weeks earlier, Moscow had imposed sanctions to the leadership of the European institutions in response to the sanctions of the Twenty-seven imposed against the country for the Russian military offensive in Ukraine. “Limitations extend to the top leadership of the EU, including a number of European Commissioners and heads of the EU’s military structures, as well as the vast majority of Members of the European Parliament who promoted an anti-Russian policy,” the Russian Foreign Ministry announced.