Islamabad, Apr 13 (ANI): Russia has published its own blacklist of US officials banned from entering the country.
The moves came after Washington named 18 Russians who allegedly committed human rights abuses.
Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that 'the war of lists is not our choice, but Moscow cannot ignore outright blackmail,' the Dawn reports.
The list released by the US Treasury Friday names 16 Russians allegedly linked to the death of jailed lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, as well as two Chechens tied to other alleged rights abuses, all of whom are now barred from travelling to the US or holding assets there under the 2012 Sergei Magnitsky Act.
The measure has infuriated Moscow, which had warned that it would retaliate with a similar measure.
According to the paper, the foreign ministry called the Magnitsky Act an "absurd" law that "intervenes in our domestic affairs" and "delivers a strong blow to bilateral relations."
The ministry added that 'ulike the American list, which is formed arbitrarily, our list primarily includes those who are implicated in legalisation of torture and perpetual detentions in Guantanamo prison, to the arrests and kidnapping of Russian citizens.' (ANI)
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