Russia has banned President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris along with 961 other Americans from entering the country in an apparent answer to sanctions the United States and Western allies have hit Russian individuals and companies with since the start of the Ukrainian invasion.
#Russia has banned #US President Joe Biden and his son Gunter from entering the country.
— EHA News (@eha_news) May 21, 2022
▪️There are a total of 963 people on the published list. That list includes actor Morgan Freeman. pic.twitter.com/bPwTMuyEH0
The list is wide-ranging, covering members of the Biden administration, both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, journalists, business executives and some entertainers such as actor Morgan Freeman.
The list even included lawmakers who have died, such as the late Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Harry M. Reid, D-Nev., and Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah.
One person who did not make Russia's banned list is former President Donald Trump. In fact, the only prominent person from the Trump administration who did make the list was former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Russia has updated its sanctions list targeting US citizens, including President Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Marc Zuckerberg, Morgan Freeman, and many more. https://t.co/XrbwQovDrI
— Sam Tabahriti (@samtabahriti) May 22, 2022
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., also did not make the list.
"In the context of retaliatory measures to the anti-Russian sanctions continuously imposed by the United States and in response to incoming inquiries about the individuals on our national stop list, the Russian Foreign Ministry is publishing a list of U.S. citizens who are permanently barred from entering the Russian Federation," Russia's Foreign Ministry said, according to the state-run news agency TASS.
