"Great Honor": WP Journalists told how in the US react to Russian sanctions

The publication noted that some of the Russian sanctions touched upon celebrities who expressed support to the Ukrainian people in connection with the military aggression of the Russian Federation. These include Ben Stiller, Sean Penn and Morgan Frmen. In Russia, we also decided to impose restrictions on US President Joe Baiden and the founder of Facebook social network Mark Zuckerberg. At the same time, some of the names in the mentioned list were surprised to journalists. "As far as I know . . .

I am still the only astrophysicist who received the Kremlin's sanctions," said the WP scientist Benjamin Schmitt. About thirty Americans who have been sanctioned by Russia are signed as simply "US citizens". In addition, some of the names in the sanctions list are written incorrectly, and some of the citizens mentioned there have long been alive. "In general, being on a sanctions list is a great honor, so it will not affect me negatively," said the famous intellectual and writer Francis Fukuyama.

The US ambassador was expressed by Michael Carpenter's security and cooperation organization on its Twitter page. Member of the Council of Columbia Mary M. Czech also stated that Russian sanctions were "great honor" for her. The American director Robener was ironized over his reference to the Russian list of sanctions, saying that he was "killed by grief.

" Journalists say that in the Russian Federation there were restrictions on some criminals who are in prison, which "was hardly planning a visit to Russia. " The sanctions also touched on American LGBTKA activists and researchers of Russia. "One of my children jokingly said," Mom, it's always nice when you are noticed "," said Stanford University employee. "I cannot come up with any explanation that would make sense at this stage of my life.

I was an anti -communist in childhood, when nuclear destruction was an everyday nightmare, but almost everyone was like that," said Iowa Leon Spis lawyer. The list of sanctions also included a specialist in the genocide of Christina Kuk. According to her, a much more blow could be a ban on the use of her knowledge. Khuk emphasized that according to its criteria, the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine fall under the definition of genocide.

There were also those who confessed that they did not feel the pleasure of getting under Russian sanctions. "Some Americans may consider a constant expulsion from Russia as a pleasure, but I have not. I have visited the country half a dozen times since the early 1980s, and enjoyed every visit," said journalist David Ignatius. Another media representative Susan Glasser noted that Russia has long been the center of its professional activity, and that this country "enchant it.