Russia does not love: The country boycotts Morgan Freeman and Rob Reiner Israel today

In the shadow of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, over the weekend the Kremlin published a list of nearly 1,000 public figures, celebrities, politicians and cultural figures whom the state has declared as a banned persona Nona Greta regularly enters.

The blacklist, which according to Kremlin officials came in response to US government sanctions on Russia following the war in Ukraine, includes 963 names, well-known film actors and directors, such as Morgan Freeman and Rob Reiner (who took part in a 2017 broadcast accusing Russia of interfering in US elections). Alliance in 2016), Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and a list of politicians, including U.S. President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, Nancy Pelosi, Anthony Blinken, Hillary Clinton, Camela Harris and the late Senator John McCain.

A statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry said, among other things, that the Russian sanctions came with the aim of forcing the American regime to recognize the new geopolitical reality and change its behavior.

"The hostile actions taken by Washington," it said, "are a boomerang against the United States itself and will continue to face refusal and opposition. Russia's sanctions are being imposed on it and aimed at forcing the ruling US administration to recognize the new geopolitical reality," it said.

"Russia is not looking for confrontations and is open to a real and respectful mutual dialogue, which differentiates between the citizens of the United States, who are always respected by us, and the authorities in the United States and the people who serve them who encourage rosphobia."

Last March, US President Joe Biden was declared an undesirable figure in Russia due to the sanctions imposed on him after the invasion of Ukraine, a declaration that received a disparaging response from the US administration stating: "No one is planning a vacation in Moscow in the near future."

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