Washington: Former US President Barack Obama is among 500 Americans banned from entering the country by Russia in response to US-imposed sanctions, CNN reported on Saturday. Russia said on Friday it was imposing sanctions on “500 Americans”, including several senior members of the US executive branch, “in response to anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the Joe Biden administration,” said a statement from Russia’s ministry. According to. of foreign affairs.
Besides Obama, the list also includes former US ambassador Jon Huntsman, several US senators and Charles Q. Brown Jr., the next expected chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. There are also famous American late night TV show hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Colbert and Seth Meyers. Russia has been banned from entering the country.
According to CNN, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in its statement, “The attached ‘List-500’ also includes people from government and law enforcement agencies directly involved in the persecution of dissidents in the wake of the so-called Storming the Capitol.”
On January 6, 2021, scores of supporters of former US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol, demanding to stop the certification of Biden as President. As relations between Washington and Moscow are currently at an all-time low, the Russian ministry justified the sanctions in a statement on its website, saying, “It is high time for Washington to learn that a war against Russia Not even a hostile attack will go without a strong response.”