Russia decided to respond to the "unprecedented" U.S. sanctions. The Russian "stop list" includes President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and a number of other heads of agencies and well-known American figures. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"In response to a series of unprecedented sanctions banning, among other things, entry to the United States for top Russian officials, President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, as well as a number of department heads and well-known American figures, are included in the Russian "stop list" on a reciprocal basis," the statement said.
At the same time, the Foreign Ministry noted that it does not refuse "to support official ties if they correspond to national interests, and if necessary, we will solve problems arising from the status of persons on the 'black list' to organize high-level contacts."
The full list of U.S. citizens who are placed on the stop list is:
1. Joseph Biden (Joseph Robinette Biden);
2. Anthony John Blinken;
3. Lloyd Austin (Lloyd James Austin III);
4. Mark Milley (Mark Alexander Milley);
5. Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security;
6. William Joseph Burns - Director of the CIA;
7. Jennifer Rene Psaki - White House Press Secretary;
8. Daleep Singh is Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security;
9. Samantha Jane Power is director of the Agency for International Development;
10. Robert Hunter Biden is the son of the President of the United States;
11. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is a former presidential candidate;
12. Adewale Adeyemo is First Deputy Secretary of the Treasury;
13. Reta Jo Lewis, president and chairman of the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also announced "new announcements about the expansion of the sanctions list to include top US officials, military, lawmakers, businessmen, experts, and media people who are Russophobic or contribute to inciting hatred towards Russia and imposing restrictive measures.