প্রকাশ: 22/05/2022
Russia on Saturday published a list of 963 leading
Americans, including US President Joe Biden, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and
Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman banned from entering the country in retaliation
for similar moves by Washington since the offensive in Ukraine.
Those named in the list on the Russian foreign ministry's
website also include US government officials, lawmakers and other leading
figures.
Moscow had already announced sanctions targeting many of
those on the list, in particular Biden, his Secretary of State Antony Blinken,
the head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin and Zuckerberg.
Freeman, who had not previously been named by Russian
authorities, is accused by Moscow of having recorded a video in 2017 in which
he claimed Russia was plotting against the US.
"The Russian counter-sanctions are necessary and aim to
constrain the US which is trying to impose a neocolonial 'world order' on the
rest of the planet... to change its position and recognise new geopolitical
realities," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on
Saturday.
It added that Moscow remained open to "honest
dialogue" and drew a distinction between the people of the US and the
authorities "inciting Russophobia".
Since the offensive in Ukraine, Moscow has banned hundreds
of "Anglo-Saxons" from Russia.
On Saturday, it said it had also banned 26 more Canadians,
including Sophie Trudeau, the wife of the Canadian Prime Minister.
- AFP
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