Gen. Mark Gertling, the former commander of US forces in Europe, took to Twitter on a “Pride” day, announcing that Russia had “finally” imposed sanctions on him as part of a new wave of sanctions imposed by Moscow on 200 US troops. citizens
“Pride Day… I am finally on Russia’s sanctions list. Sorry I don’t see your name on the list @StationCDRKelly. I don’t know what they have against you. I’m disappointed and I know you are too,” Hertling said on Twitter, referring to Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, who in 2020 became the first NASA astronaut ever elected to the upper house of the legislature. Washington.
Pride Day… I’m finally on the Russian sanctions list!
Unfortunately, @StationCDRKelly , I don’t see your name. Don’t know what they have against you? I’m disappointed and I know you are too. https://t.co/4jCiXnhANX
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) November 11, 2022
Kelly exchanged some sharp words with Dmitry Rogozin, the former head of Roscosmos, after Vladimir Putin launched a “special military operation” on February 24, when the Moscow official made a series of belligerent statements about the cooperation of Russian cosmonauts and astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Gertling also mentioned some of the 200 American officials and citizens against whom the Russian Foreign Ministry announced sanctions last week: Ian Bremmer, an American political scientist and author, George Akerlof, a 2001 Nobel Prize laureate in economics, Timothy D. Snyder, a noted American historian and Yale University professor, journalist and author specializing in the history of communism Anne Applebaum and Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders.
Russia imposes sanctions against relatives of American officials
In addition to Mark Gertling, Russia has included on its sanctions list several current or former US security and defense commanders or officials, such as George C. Barnes, deputy director of the US National Security Agency, or John Philip Abizaid, a retired Army general. who, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, is an adviser to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.
Former CIA Director David Petraeus and current Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell were also sanctioned.
Raytheon Technologies, one of the largest manufacturers of military equipment in the US and the world, and RAND Corporation, one of the most famous American think tanks in the field of security, were also sanctioned, several of their employees were included in Russia’s “blacklist”.
Among them is Dara Massikot, a RAND Corporation researcher known for her analysis of the war in Ukraine.
Russia has also imposed sanctions against some American congressmen who have not yet been targeted by Moscow, including the aforementioned Bernie Sanders, the well-known progressive senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana, and Joshua Hawley, a Republican senator from the United States. Missouri and other American legislators. Some American governors, such as Gavin Newsom, the governor of the state of California, were included in the sanctions list.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also announced sanctions against relatives of Washington officials, such as Reginald Hill, stepson of US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Helen Harrison Howell Ray, wife of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Jeanette Dusdebes Rubio, the wife of Senator Marco Rubio, or George Akerlof, the husband of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
Joe Biden’s family and Hollywood actors are on the “black list” of Russia.
The family of US President Joe Biden has also been hit by Russian sanctions, Moscow has added to its family Valerie Biden Owens, the sister of the US president, James Biden, Joe Biden’s brother, and Francis Willian Biden, another brother of the leader of the United States. sanctions list in the White House.
Back in mid-March, Russia announced that it was imposing sanctions against the US president in response to Washington’s sanctions against Moscow and some Russian officials responsible for planning and supporting the war in Ukraine.
Alexander Soros, the son of financial tycoon George Soros, is now on Russia’s sanctions list.
On Monday, Russia also announced sanctions against 100 Canadian citizens, including actor Jim Carrey and writer Margaret Atwood, author of the novel The Handmaid’s Tale.
In early September, Russia announced “permanent” sanctions against actors Ben Stiller and Sean Penn. They will no longer be able to get to Russia.
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