Global Courant 2023-05-20 02:43:58
Russia responded on Friday to the new package of sanctions imposed by the US due to the war in Ukraine by banning another 500 Americans, including former President Barack Obama, from entering the country.
“Washington should have understood long ago that not a single hostile attack against Russia will go without a harsh response,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Among those sanctioned are senior officials, congressmen and senators elected in November 2022, as well as heads of military industry companies that supply weapons to Ukraine.
The black list includes those members of the State security organs that persecute dissidents and gives as an example the participants in the assault on the Capitol that occurred in January 2021.
Experts and analysts from centers that have participated in the dissemination of false news about Russia, journalists and well-known presenters such as James Kimmel or Stephen Colbert are also prohibited from entering Russian territory. Foreign Affairs considers that the anti-Russian sanctions seek to inflict the greatest possible damage to Russia, since they concern both officials and ordinary citizens, so Moscow will continue to apply the principle of reciprocity in the event of sanctions or discriminatory steps against its nationals.
It also cancels again the consular visit to the detained journalist from “The Wall Street Journal”, Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, after a group of Russian journalists recently did not receive a visa to accompany the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, on his trip to New York to participate in the UN General Assembly.
The United States imposed a new battery of sanctions on Moscow this Friday for the Russian military campaign in Ukraine that affects some 300 entities, people, ships and planes that are collaborating with Russia in its offensive.
The Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, explained in a statement that these sanctions, announced in the framework of the G7 summit in Hiroshima (Japan), are aimed at the energy, defense, mining and technology sectors; and to people who are helping Russia increase its energy production and capacity.
Likewise, it has taken new steps to dismantle the operational network and logistics of the Wagner mercenary group, such as the airline 224th Flight Unit State Airlines, which has transported members of that group and their equipment to countries where it is known to operate. .
The sanctions also take into account those individuals implicated in the illegal transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia, such as the Russian Human Rights Commissioner, Tatiana Moskalkova.
To the 200 sanctions reported by the State Department are added others announced by the Treasury Department against another 104 companies and 22 individuals, located in more than 20 countries or jurisdictions.
