Russia imposes “mirror sanctions restrictions” on 398 members of the US House of Representatives. This is stated in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, distributed on Wednesday, April 13.
Appropriate measures are being taken in response to the next wave of anti-Russian sanctions, given that US President Joe Biden imposed on 328 State Duma deputies on March 24 and previously blacklisted Russian parliamentarians. The entire composition, ”says the text.
“These individuals, including the leadership and chairmen of committees of the lower house of the US Congress, are consistently placed on Russia’s stop list. Along with other current legislators who were previously denied entry into the Russian Federation, such as spokesperson Nancy Pelosi, all US congressmen were subject to “listing” on a reciprocal basis,” he said.
The State Department reported that Russia will soon announce new measures that include increasing the number of people on the stop list and other steps in response to US sanctions.
Also, in response to the blacklisting of the entire structure of the Federation Council, Russia imposed restrictions on 87 Canadian senators.
“In connection with the decision of the Canadian authorities, which announced on March 24 that the entire structure of the Federation Council was included in the blacklist of persons subject to sanctions restrictions, including a ban on entry into the country, countermeasures are being introduced. On the basis of reciprocity with the current senators of the Canadian Parliament,” Smolenskaya Square.
“These individuals have been permanently placed on Russia’s stop list in response to hostile steps taken by the current US administration, Ottawa, which seeks to stay on the front lines of the anti-Russian route, contrary to national interests,” he said. says the ministry.
The press release also references the “dependent nature” of Canadian foreign policy and states that “continuing the short-sighted Ottawa line could only increase the damage to Russia-Canada relations”. In the near future, the Russian Federation will announce new counter-sanctions against Canada.
Full list of US and Canadian lawmakers subject to Moscow’s sanctions released TASS.
We add that on April 13, the senior diplomat of the Czech embassy in Moscow was declared persona non grata after the expulsion of the adviser-envoy of the Russian embassy in Prague. The Czech diplomat must leave Russia before the end of the day on April 16 “New Newspaper. Europe” on your Telegram channel.
February 24 Russia started Special military operation in Ukraine. In response, the United States, Canada, EU countries, Great Britain and a number of other states imposed sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities. In addition, according to British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, more than half of Russia’s gold and foreign exchange reserves (60%, or about $350 billion) were frozen.