Russia Sanctions Top US Officials
Russia Sanctions Top US Officials
Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Hillary Clinton, Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin, Jake Sullivan, William Burns, Gen. Mark Milley, Jen Psaki, Duleep Singh, Samantha Power, Adewale Adeyemo, and Reta Joe Lewis.
Sanctions by Russia Against Top US Officials
Biden and the other individuals listed are now included on a Russian "stop list” by the Kremlin.
Russia has imposed "retaliatory sanctions" against President Biden, a number of his top administration officials, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Biden's son Hunter Biden amid its ongoing war with Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry on imposed "personal sanctions against representatives of the U.S. leadership and persons associated with them."
The list includes:
President Biden, Hunter Biden, Clinton, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, CIA Director William Burns, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, White House press secretary Jen Psaki, deputy assistant national security adviser Duleep Singh, Director of the Agency for International Development Samantha Power, Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo, and president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank Reta Joe Lewis.
The sanctions were imposed "in response to a series of unprecedented sanctions prohibiting, among other things, entry into the United States for top officials of the Russian Federation."
If Joe Biden, Hunter and Hillary and the others in their “crew” did not have business dealings with Russia then why would they sanction them? This may be an indicator that something is askew with these folks.
Maybe it varies from person to person. Some may be prohibited from cushy multi-million dollar allowances flowing from oligarchs while others my simply be limited in the fashions they can acquire.
There is so much disinformation, misinformation, and intentional spin, that it is hard to know what is really happening in extreme detail on the ground in Ukraine. It’s probably worthwhile to consider some of the things that we can list as facts which show this is not a normal war for power and conquest.
List of facts that should be discussed:
Russia has said “no” for years to the expansion of NATO which after the fall of the Soviet Union should have been completely restructured. As country after country was “admitted” to NATO from the former USSR, they would “get” a military base, stationed weapons pointing at Russia, and that special provision of article 5 of the NATO alliance stating an attack on one is an attack on all. Putin drew the line hard with Ukraine as an absolute no. This has been his position for years.
U.S. lawmakers have traveled to Ukraine for years to encourage and bolster their hopes of NATO membership. Lindsay Graham, John McCain and others were there making statements alluding to both their commitment and their ability to gain full congressional commitment for Ukraine’s membership in NATO
Notable government corruption exists in both Ukraine and Russia and they both operate in a manner similar to a mafia. At the surface, they have an appearance, yet below, there are dark deals and actions that take place to further their power and influence.
This is a serious war with death and destruction taking place now in Ukraine. Soldiers on both sides are dying. Civilians in Ukraine are dying.
Intentional fake stories being put out by Ukrainians officials linked to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy go beyond just showing what is happening in the country - but instead these stories are fictional presentations of attacks or actions that did not happen.
A significant amount of misinformation and propaganda is also being pumped out by Russia into various channels.
Russia benefits greatly by higher oil prices and at this point Russian oil flows are the only option based on energy policy moves taken within the EU countries (especially Germany) over these past years.