“Russia will expel 10 U.S. diplomats and add eight current and former U.S. officials to its no-entry list in retaliation for sanctions that the Biden administration leveled at Moscow on Friday, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday. The measures come after the U.S. said it would expel 10 Russian intelligence officers operating under diplomatic cover, as part of a broad package of sanctions retaliating against the SolarWinds hack of federal agencies and Russia’s interference in the 2020 election” Axios reports.
“The following Americans have been banned from Russia … Attorney General Merrick Garland, Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, White House domestic policy czar Susan Rice, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, Former White House national security adviser John Bolton.”