Joining Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton on a Kremlin "stop list" are the president’s secretary of state Antony Blinken, CIA chief William Burns, the US defence secretary Lloyd Austin, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
Highlights
- Joe Biden has not visited Russia since 2011, when he was vice president to Barack Obama.
- Joining the 79-year-old on a Kremlin “stop list” are his secretary of state Antony Blinken, CIA chief William Burns, defence secretary Lloyd Austin, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
- Senior White House officials make up the bulk of the 13-name list, which also features Hillary Clinton.
- Russia’s foreign ministry said it would still maintain official relations with Washington and make high-level contact with those on the list if necessary.
- The UK upped its own sanctions package against Russia earlier on Tuesday, with another 350 nationals and entities named in the government’s latest listings.