Russia Bans Top Biden Officials as Tensions Soar

[Rogue Valley]

Russia Bans Top Biden Officials as Tensions Soar - The Moscow Times

Russia on Friday banned top officials from U.S.

www.themoscowtimes.com

4/16/21
Russia on Friday banned top officials from U.S. President Joe Biden's administration from entering the country as it announced a wave of tit-for-tat sanctions and expulsions of diplomats, as tensions soar between the rivals. Moscow nonetheless said it viewed the prospect of a summit between Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin "positively." On Thursday, Washington had announced sanctions and the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats in retaliation for what it says is interference by the Kremlin in U.S. elections, a massive cyber attack and other hostile activity. Earlier Friday Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters that Russia was responding to U.S. sanctions in "a tit-for-tat manner" by asking 10 U.S. diplomats in Russia to leave the country while also expelling five Polish diplomats in response to a similar move by Warsaw. The U.S. penalties widened restrictions on U.S. banks trading in Russian government debt and sanctioned 32 individuals accused of meddling in the 2020 U.S. presidential vote.

In addition to the 10 diplomats, Moscow is also denying entry to.....

Susan Rice
Merrick Garland
Avril Haines
Christopher Wray
John Bolton
Michael Carvajal
Ali Mayorkas
R. James Woolsey Jr.

None of these Americans will lose any sleep over being banned from visiting Putin's authoritarian shithole.

 

[VySky]

Man, in just 4 months Beijing Joey is already lining up a nice war. Idiot

 

[Helix]

i doubt that we're going to hot war with Russia. it would suck too hard for both sides. they'll probably escalate their computer sabotage efforts. who knows what the US will do. i'm tired of it, though. FFS, it has been like the worst parts of the 80s since Dimbulb decided that he would like to shit in the WH. can we just knock down a stupid ****ing wall somewhere and have The Scorpions whistle about it so that we can magically move on to the 90s again?