MOSCOW: Russia has imposed sanctions against US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and 10 other US officials. In addition to the various sanctions, all 13 have been barred from entering Russia. It was Russia's Foreign Ministry that announced the sanctions against the US leadership.

However, the foreign ministry said sanctions would not apply to diplomatic relations between Russia and the United States. It also said that if any person on the embargo list had to come to Russia for talks, the decision would be based on the seriousness of the issue and the situation at that time.