Russia’s Foreign Ministry today announced that it has levied reciprocal sanctions against President Joe Biden and members of his administration in retaliation for “unprecedented” U.S. sanctions against top officials of the Russian Federation, which go into effect on March 15. Aside from Biden, among the 13 others sanctioned are Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Miley, CIA Director William Burns, and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. Russia-hater Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, and Hunter Biden are also included.
As the Foreign Ministry statement explained, this “counter reaction, was an inevitable consequence of the extremely Russophobic course taken by the current US Administration, which, in a desperate attempt to maintain American hegemony, has relied, discarding all decency, on the frontal containment of Russia.” The statement asserts that Russia will continue to maintain diplomatic relations, “if they meet our national interests.” High-level contacts, even with those on the “black list,” will not be prohibited, and arrangements will be made to make that possible when the necessity arises.
