Moscow: In a reciprocal measures for US sanctions, Russia’s foreign ministry has announced sanctions on US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and also several officials of the US and Canada.

The Russian sanctions will also apply to US secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin. The measure ‘is the consequence of the extremely Russophobic policy pursued by Washington’ Moscow said in a statement.

Russia’s foreign ministry announced punitive measures against 312 Canadians including Trudeau and several of his ministers.

Russian action in response to US decision of banning Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov while adopting sanctions largely cutting Russia off from the rest of the world financially. The US imposed sanctions following the Russian invasion on Ukraine.

Moscow did not specify the exact nature of the measures, which it calls "personal sanctions" and a "stop list", stating that they would be based on "the principle of reciprocity".

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki were also banned by

On the list too are Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh, US Agency for International Development chief Samantha Power, Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo, and US Export-Import Bank chief Reta Jo Lewis.

Russia also banned from entry Biden's son Hunter and former secretary of state and Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, NDTV reported.

The foreign ministry warned Moscow will soon announce additional sanctions against a range of "Russophobic" US officials, military officers, lawmakers, businessmen and media personalities.