Russia bans VP Kamala Harris, Mark Zuckerberg, other huge US names from entry in new sanctions
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Russia on Thursday has additional Vice President Kamala Harris and Fb founder Mark Zuckerberg to its listing of People in america who are now banned from entering the country.
The sanctions listing, which was up to date to include those people two people today and 28 other U.S. officers, businesspeople and journalists, also targets Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby, in accordance to Reuters.
“These persons are denied entry into the Russian Federation indefinitely,” Russia’s International Ministry claimed in a assertion.
Vice President Kamala Harris, shown right here on April 15, is now banned from entering Russia.
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In mid-March, Russia initial imposed “retaliatory sanctions” in opposition to President Biden, a quantity of his top administration officers, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Biden’s son Hunter Biden amid its ongoing war with Ukraine.
Fb CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a Residence Financial Providers Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, on Facebook’s influence on the money products and services and housing sectors. (Online News 72h Image/Andrew Harnik)
The men and women at first integrated on the sanctions record were being President Biden, Hunter Biden, Clinton, Secretary of Point out Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, CIA Director William Burns, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff members Gen. Mark Milley, White Property press secretary Jen Psaki, deputy assistant nationwide safety adviser Duleep Singh, Director of the Company for Global Improvement Samantha Electric power, Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo and president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank Reta Joe Lewis.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is in its 57th day.
Online News 72h’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
