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Biden tops list of Americans banned from traveling to Russia, but Trump is not on it

2022-05-22 09:33:13       source:CNBC

May 21, 2022


President Joe Biden made Russia’s “blacklist” but former President Donald Trump didn’t.


Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday released an updated list of nearly 1,000 Americans permanently barred from entering the country, a largely symbolic slap in response to harsh sanctions imposed by Western countries for its brutal invasion of Ukraine in February.


Biden since mid-March had already been banned from visiting Russia, as were Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.


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