Putin Bans President Biden, Top US Officials From Entering Russia

American Secretary of State Antony Blinken and President Joe Biden's son are among those sanctioned by Russia.

Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden. 

(Photo: The Quint)

Russia on Tuesday, 15 March, imposed sanctions on US President Joe Biden and several top American officials, as a retaliation to the economic measures taken against the country by the West. The leaders have been barred from entering Russia.

"In response to a series of unprecedented sanctions banning, among other things, entry into the United States for top officials of the Russian Federation, from 15 March 15, President J Biden is included in the Russian "stop-list" on the basis of mutual reciprocity. Biden, Secretary of State A Blinken, Minister of Defense L Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff M Milly, as well as a number of department heads and other American leaders."

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

"This step, taken in the order of backlash, became an inevitable consequence of the extreme Russophobic course taken by the current US administration, which in a desperate attempt to preserve American hegemony, made a bet, throwing away all decency, and Russia's frontal restraint," the statement added.

The list of individuals on the sanction list is as follows:

1. Joseph Biden

2. Anthony Blinken

3. Lloyd James Austin III

4. Mark Alexander Milley

5. Jacob Sullivan - Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security

6. William Joseph Burns - Director of CIA

7. Jennifer Psaki - White House Press Secretary

8. Dalip Singh – Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States for national security

9. Samantha Jane Power - Director of the Agency for International Development

10. Hunter Biden - the son of the US President

11. Hillary Clinton - former presidential candidate of the United States

12. Adewale Adeyemo - first Deputy Minister of Finance

13. Reta Jo Lewis - President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Export and Import Bank

"New announcements will soon follow on the expansion of the sanctions list to include top American officials, military, lawmakers, businessmen, experts and media persons, Russophobic or cooperative arsonists June hatred towards Russia and the introduction of restrictive measures," the Russian Foreign Ministry stated in a statement posted on Facebook.