Moscow, Russia | AFP | Russian diplomacy published on Saturday a list of 963 American personalities prohibited from entering the country, in retaliation for similar sanctions taken by Washington since the offensive in Ukraine.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation published this document on its website.
The list is made up mainly of government officials, parliamentarians and members of civil society.
Moscow had already announced these sanctions against many of those included in the list, in particular President Joe Biden, his Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin, or even the president of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg.
The document also includes actor Morgan Freeman.
Russian diplomacy accuses him of having recorded a video in 2017 in which he claimed that Russia was carrying out a “plot” against the United States.
“Russian counter-sanctions are necessary and are intended to force the US power, which is trying to impose a neo-colonial world order on the rest of the planet, to change its position and recognize new geopolitical realities,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
He assures that Moscow remains open to “honest dialogue” and distinguishes the American people from the authorities “who incite Russophobia.”
Since the offensive in Ukraine, Russian diplomacy has deprived hundreds of Anglo-Saxon personalities of entry into Russia.
On Saturday he also announced similar measures against 26 other Canadians, including Sophie Trudeau, the wife of Canada’s prime minister.
