More powerful figures have been put on Russia’s “black list”, including Facebook tycoon Zuckerberg

In response to US sanctions against many Russian government officials and their family members, Moscow blacklisted 29 US citizens, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Vice President Kamala Harris. These people will be banned from entering Russia indefinitely.

“Executives, businessmen, experts and journalists, Russophobic, and spouses of certain high-ranking officials” will be banned from Russia, the ministry said. Foreign Affairs of this country said on April 21.

In addition to Zuckerberg, Moscow also brought in LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky, as well as presidents and CEOs of military-industrial giants Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, L3 Harris Technologies, Leidos, Booz Allen Hamilton and Aerojet Rocketdyne. , to the blacklist. Shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries and drone maker AeroVironment also have names. The list also includes the director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Research and the president of Bank of America, Brian Thomas Moynihan.

Moscow also sanctioned a number of US politicians and their spouses, including Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klein, State Department spokesman Ned Price, spokesman Pentagon member John Kirby, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Christopher W. Grady,…

The Russian sanctions list also includes Evan Ryan, wife of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Margaret Goodlander, wife of National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. Both hold positions in the Biden administration, with Ryan serving as White House cabinet secretary and Goodlander as an adviser to the Justice Department. Robert Kagan, husband of Foreign Minister Victoria Nuland, is also on the blacklist.

In addition, the list also contains the names of media figures that the Russian Foreign Ministry accuses of “orienting public opinion towards anti-Russian sentiment”. That includes ABC host George Stephanopoulos, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, CNN analyst Bianna Golodryga, as well as “Meduza” editor Kevin Rothrock, along with two experts from The Woodrow Wilson Center and the Atlantic Council Scowcroft Center.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said further sanctions would be aimed at responding to and countering the hostile actions of the US administration.

Russia sanctioned Blinken, Sullivan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the President’s Chief of Staff Mark Milley, CIA Director William Burns, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as the President himself. Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. These figures were blacklisted by Moscow in mid-March, in response to US sanctions.