Russia bans 25 more US citizens from entry

Moscow, Sep 6 (IANS) An additional 25 US citizens have been indefinitely barred from entering the country in response to Washington's growing anti-Russian sanctions, the Russian Foreign Ministry has announced.The newly blacklisted are members of the US Congress, high-ranking officials, business people, experts and cultural figures, including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Xinhua news agency reported.Moscow will resolutely respond to hostile actions of the American authorities, which continue a Russophobic course, destroy bilateral ties and escalate confrontation between the two countries, the ministry said in a statement.A total of 1,073 US citizens have been under Moscow's sanctions, including an entry ban, official data show.
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