Russia Imposes Sanctions on U.S. Pres. Joe Biden, Son Hunter Biden, Among Other U.S. Officials
Russia has announced a set of sanctions on more than a dozen Americans, including U.S. President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden, and State Secretary Antony Blinken, among others.
The imposed sanctions are retaliation for sweeping economic penalties from the Biden administration, which focused on Russian entities over the invasion of Ukraine, according to a CBS News report.
The list has also included 12 current and former government officials namely Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, and CIA Director Bill Burns.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki was also sanctioned, as well as Deputy national security adviser Daleep Singh and USAID Director Samantha Power.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo, and Export-Import Bank Chairman Reta Jo Lewis are also on the list of sanctioned officials.
U.S. officials sanctioned by Russia from entering the country, with any assets they told there are frozen.
U.S. Officials Sanctioned by Russia
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that starting March 15, the sanctions will be effective on people included in the list.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the response measure is the inevitable result of the extreme Russophobic policy of the current U.S. administration, which they described as a desperate attempt to maintain American hegemony, according to a Breitbart News report.
The foreign ministry of Russia said that despite the sanctions, they do not oppose maintaining official ties when it is in their national interest.
It added that they will address the issue arising from the status of the black-listed individuals to organize high-level contacts.
The foreign ministry said that it will be taken in harmony with the major decisions of the Government of the Russian Federation in finance, banking, and other areas to protect the Russian economy.
Psaki attempted to mock the sanctions during a press briefing, noting that Russia has missed the "Junior" in Hunter's name.
She added that she herself was not planning to go to Russia.
Russia also announced the same sanctions on 313 Canadians, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministry officials, according to a New York Post report.
Russia-Ukraine Crisis
Top Ukrainian advisers to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy implied on Tuesday that there might be room for compromise even as Russian forces had upped their bombardment of Kyiv, according to an NBC News report.
One aide said that the negotiations had become "more constructive" while one described the talks as "very difficult and viscous" with contradictions between the two sides.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said that there is certainly room for compromise.
Around 29,000 people have fled from Ukrainian cities, using nine humanitarian corridors that had been previously created.
Meanwhile, a new 35-hour curfew went into effect in Kyiv as its mayor warned that the city faced a "difficult and dangerous moment."
Russian forces have seized a hospital in Mariupol and took about 500 people, hostage, during another assault, according to the regional leader Pavlo Kyrylenko.
The regional leader added that about 100 doctors and patients are believed to be inside. He said that the troops are using those inside as human shields and are not allowing anyone to leave.
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Written by: Mary Webber
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