INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia's foreign ministry said Tuesday that U.S
President Joe Biden and a dozen other top officials had been banned from entering the country in a reciprocal response to U.S
sanctions.The measure, which also applies to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, "is the consequence of
the extremely Russophobic policy pursued by the current U.S
administration", the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.In response to Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, the United
States banned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as well as adopting sanctions that have largely cut Russia
off financially from the rest of the world.Russia also put on its stop list Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, National
Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.Also on the
list are Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh, U.S
Agency for International Development chief Samantha Power, Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo, and U.S
Export-Import Bank chief Reta Jo Lewis.Russia also banned from entry Biden's son Hunter and former secretary of state and Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.The foreign ministry warned Moscow will soon announce additional sanctions against a range of
officials, military officers, lawmakers, businessmen and media personalities.
