Russia Sanctions Biden, Blinken and Other High-Ranking US Officials

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MADRID, March 15. (Royals Blue) –

The Russian government has imposed sanctions against the president of the United States, Joe Biden, the secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and other high-ranking officials of the North American country in response to similar measures adopted by Washington in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine. .

According to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry, among those sanctioned are also the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin; the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley; National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan; CIA director William Burns; White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki; Biden’s son Hunter; and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, among others.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has indicated that the measure has been taken “in response to a series of unprecedented sanctions that prohibit, among other things, the entry to the United States of senior Russian officials,” the Russian news agency TASS reported. .

Thus, and defining the step as a “reaction” to the US measures, he has defended that it is an “inevitable consequence” of the “extremely Russophobic course taken by the current US Administration.”

However, he specified that Moscow “does not refuse to maintain official relations” with the United States if these respond to its “national interests.” “If necessary, we will resolve issues arising from the status of people on the blacklist to organize high-level contacts,” she said.

The United States, in coordination with its partners, has imposed a series of sanctions on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine, including a ban on the import of Russian oil or other products, such as vodka. It has also restricted trade relations with the Eurasian country.

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