WASHINGTON – Hundreds of members of Congress are permanently barred from visiting Russia in retaliation for passing economic sanctions against the country after its invasion of Ukraine in late February.

The list includes nearly 1,000 Americans, in addition to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as celebrities such as actor Morgan Freeman, executives such as Microsoft President Brad Smith, and government leaders such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

“We push that the hostile moves taken through Washington, which are booming and opposed to the United States itself, continue to get a proper rejection,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. forcing the US regime in power, which is to impose a neo-colonial ‘rules-based global order’ on the rest of the world, to replace its behavior, detecting new geopolitical realities.

Congress legalized $40 billion in aid to Ukraine earlier this month, the current multibillion-dollar package since the war began in February expired.

Of the other 963 people banned, more than 230 are Republican and Democratic members of Congress. Key congressional leaders were also on the list, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, and House Majority Leader Steny. Hoyer of Maryland.

Among the banned Minnesotans: DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar and DFL Reps. Angie Craig, Betty McCollum, Rep. Ilhan Omar and Dean Phillips. Representatives of the Republican Party are also prohibited. Representative Peter Stauber, Tom Emmer and Michelle Fischbach.

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WASHINGTON – Hundreds of members of Congress are permanently barred from visiting Russia in retaliation for passing economic sanctions against the country after its invasion of Ukraine in late February.

The list includes nearly 1,000 Americans, in addition to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as celebrities such as actor Morgan Freeman, executives such as Microsoft President Brad Smith, and government leaders such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

“We push that the hostile moves taken through Washington, which are booming and opposed to the United States itself, continue to get a proper rejection,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. forcing the US regime in power, which is to impose a neo-colonial ‘rules-based global order’ on the rest of the world, to replace its behavior, detecting new geopolitical realities.

Congress legalized $40 billion in aid to Ukraine earlier this month, the current multibillion-dollar package since the war began in February expired.

Of the other 963 people banned, more than 230 are Republican and Democratic members of Congress. Key congressional leaders were also on the list, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, and House Majority Leader Steny. Hoyer of Maryland.

Among the banned Minnesotans: DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar and DFL Reps. Angie Craig, Betty McCollum, Rep. Ilhan Omar and Dean Phillips. Representatives of the Republican Party are also prohibited. Representative Peter Stauber, Tom Emmer and Michelle Fischbach.

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