Biden Tops List of Americans Banned From Traveling to Russia, But Trump Is Not on It
By Dan Mangan, CNBC • Published May 21, 2022 • Updated 42 mins ago
Grigory Dukor | Reuters
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, July 16, 2018.
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.
But the updated list now includes Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as Biden's scandal-plagued son Hunter Biden, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and first lady.
The actor Morgan Freeman and billionaire investor George Soros also made the list. Soros' philanthropic support of liberal causes, and groups in the former Soviet bloc, have made him a boogeyman for both Russia and right-wing conspiracy theorists.
Jen Psaki, who until this month served as Biden's White House press secretary, posted a sarcastic tweet about the list Saturday evening: "I guess we will have to cancel our August family trip to Moscow…"
By Dan Mangan, CNBC • Published May 21, 2022 • Updated 42 mins ago
Grigory Dukor | Reuters
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, July 16, 2018.
- Russia released an updated list of nearly 1,000 Americans permanently barred from entering the country.
- President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Hunter Biden, Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Mark Zuckerberg are on the list, as are hundreds of Democrats and Republicans in Congress.
- Former President Donald Trump is not on the list.
- The travel ban list is a symbolic slap by Russia in response to harsh sanctions imposed by Western countries for its brutal invasion of Ukraine.
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.
But the updated list now includes Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as Biden's scandal-plagued son Hunter Biden, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and first lady.
The actor Morgan Freeman and billionaire investor George Soros also made the list. Soros' philanthropic support of liberal causes, and groups in the former Soviet bloc, have made him a boogeyman for both Russia and right-wing conspiracy theorists.
Jen Psaki, who until this month served as Biden's White House press secretary, posted a sarcastic tweet about the list Saturday evening: "I guess we will have to cancel our August family trip to Moscow…"
