Russia announced sanctions on Wednesday against 398 members of the US Congress to "mirror" the Biden administration's sanctions last month on the State Duma.
"These persons, including the leadership and chairmen of the committees of the lower house of the U.S. Congress, are included in the Russian "stop list" on an ongoing basis," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The statement said that the new measures bar blacklisted members of Congress from entering Russia.
It said the list was created on "the basis of reciprocity," referring to when the US Treasury Department sanctioned 328 members of Russia's lower house of parliament on March 24.
Several prominent members and leaders of the House, such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi, were not included in Russia's list on Wednesday as they were already blacklisted, the statement added.
Among the new US lawmakers sanctioned by Russia are Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina.
In addition, Russia has blacklisted 87 Canadian senators as a retaliatory measure. "Following the decision that the Canadian authorities made on March 24, blacklisting all members of the Russian Federal Assembly and imposing sanctions on them, including a ban to enter the country, similar measures have been introduced on incumbent Canadian senators on the basis of reciprocity," the statement reads.
