MOSCOW: The Russian Foreign Ministry announced a ban for 92 US citizens to enter Russia. Among those against whom such personal sanctions have been imposed are the military, journalists, officials and businessmen, it follows from a message published on the social network by the Russian foreign Ministry.
Russia permanently banned entry to 92 US nationals in response to the Russophobic policy of US President Joe Biden's administration, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The ban applies to some reporters from the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Times, according to the statement.
As noted in the Foreign Ministry, the sanctions were imposed in response to the Russophobic course pursued by the administration of US President Joseph Biden. Carpet sanctions against Russian politicians, representatives of the business community and others have become part of this course.
"As a reaction to the Russophobic policy pursued by the Joe Biden administration with the stated goal of ‘inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow,’ an integral part of which were ‘blanket’ sanctions against Russian politicians, members of the business community, scientists and cultural figures, journalists and media organizations, entry to the Russian Federation is banned on a permanent basis for 92 US citizens," the ministry said.
"In addition to officials at the top and other levels in security agencies and special services, heads of key defense enterprises and financial institutions that supply arms to the Ukrainian armed forces and sponsor the regime in Kiev, the ‘stop list’ includes editorial staff and reporters of leading liberal-globalist publications involved in the production and dissemination of false stories about Russia and the Russian armed forces and propaganda that covers up the ‘hybrid war’ unleashed by Washington," the ministry went on to say.
Entry will be denied, for example, to some staff from the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Times.
"As a response to the insane sanctions frenzy of the American ruling elite, the practice of expanding the list of people under entry bans will be continued with determination and consistency by including those who are directly involved in anti-Russian activities," the ministry said. "We remind the current US authorities that punishment is inevitable for hostile acts, whether they directly encourage [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky and his sidekicks to commit acts of aggression and terrorist attacks or represent attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation."
Among the people that are banned from entering Russia are such ranking officials as Commander of the US Space Command Stephen Whiting, Commander of Space Systems Command Philip Garrant, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb. The reporters on the ban list include David Stern, Adam Taylor and Shane Harris of the Washington Post; Lara Jakes and Andrew Kramer of the New York Times; Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker and former bureau chief in Moscow Nathan Hodge.
In addition to law enforcement officials, the Russian sanctions list includes the heads of key US defense companies supplying weapons to Ukraine, as well as financial institutions sponsoring the Kiev regime. The list also included representatives of the media spreading fakes about Russia and the Russian army.
"We remind the current US authorities of the inevitability of punishment for hostile actions," Smolenskaya Square stressed.
They promised to expand the relevant list "with all determination and consistency" as a response to the "insane sanctions rage of the American ruling elite."
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