Russia mentioned this can be a response to increasing US sanctions. (File)

Moscow:

US President Joe Biden’s spouse and daughter have been banned from Russia, together with 23 different Americans, the Russian international ministry mentioned on Tuesday.

“As a reaction to the constantly expanding US sanctions against Russian political and public figures, 25 American citizens are added to a ‘stop list,'” the ministry mentioned in a notice accompanying the record.

The record featured a number of US senators, together with Susan Collins of Maine, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Charles Grassley of Iowa, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York.

It additionally included a number of college professors and researchers and former US authorities officers.

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