US Secretary of State still faces Russian sanctions
A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry has said that the US Secretary of State has not been removed from Russia's sanctions list, and everything being said about this issue is a lie.
A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry has said that the US Secretary of State has not been removed from Russia's sanctions list, and everything being said about this issue is a lie.
Maria Zakharova has stressed that Russian sanctions against the US Secretary of State have not been lifted and that everything said is a lie.
There were reports on social media that Russia may have lifted sanctions on Rubio after talks between the Russian and US Foreign Ministers.
In May 2022, Marco Rubio was added to the Russian sanctions list against US citizens, and according to the sanctions, Rubio is banned from entering the Russian Federation. Moscow took this step in response to Washington's sanctions against other Russian leaders and citizens after the start of a special military operation in Ukraine.
In November last year, Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Russian Presidential Palace (Kremlin), announced that Russia would not lift sanctions against Marco Rubio as long as its Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, continues to face US sanctions.
US President Donald Trump has extended the implementation of sanctions against Russia for another year.
The executive order implementing sanctions against Russia No. 13660 was first signed by the United States on March 6, 2014.
In that document, then-US President Barack Obama imposed sanctions on individuals and institutions allegedly involved in the violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
The provisions of this executive decree also apply to travel restrictions on specific individuals named and those responsible for the annexation of the island of Crimea by Russia.
The United States has extended sanctions against Russia for another year, even as the country and the United States had already begun a process of dialogue between them to resolve bilateral issues and the Ukraine conflict.
The latest round of talks between representatives of Russia and the United States ended yesterday afternoon in Istanbul, Turkey, after six hours of talks on revitalizing the process of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Yesterday's Istanbul talks between Moscow and Washington took place after the United States and Russia positively assessed the discussions held by their high-level delegations led by the countries' Foreign Ministers in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on February 18.
