Moscow has issued a new list of sanctions imposed on the US citizens in response to previous economic measures slapped by Washington on Russia. Russian sanctions affect 26 Americans, who had taken part in shaping Russophobic agenda in the US, including Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Craig Emhoff.
Also on the list of Russian sanctions are Pentagon chief John Kirby, Meta* CEO Mark Zuckerberg, ABC host George Stephanopoulos, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky and journalist David Ignatius. Moscow also slapped sanctions on Deputy Defence Secretary Kathleen Hicks, White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain, and Brian Thomas Moynihan – CEO of Bank of America. The counter sanctions also affected the presidents of several American defence industry companies - Huntington Ingalls Industries, General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman.
Additionally, Moscow announced new sanctions again 61 Canadian citizens, introduced also in response to the economic measures imposed by the country's government on Russia. The list namely includes the head of Canadian intelligence, David Vigneault, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister, Jeremy Broadhurst, Navy and Air Force chiefs Craig Baines and Al Meinzinger, Bank of Canada head Tiff Maclem, and CTV News CEO Michael Melling.
The Kremlin repeatedly condemned the anti-Russian sanctions as illegal and a violation of international law. Moscow said it reserved the right to respond in kind to the nations that impose them on Russia. Such nations were designated by Russia as "unfriendly" and under new laws will have to meet certain requirements in payments for such essentials as natural gas – transfer money to a specific bank in Russia and convert it to rubles, regarding of the currency cemented in the contract.
*banned in Russia over extremist activity