A number of Ohio Congress members are on a list of 963 people sanctioned by the Russian government.
The website for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation this week posted a list of 963 U.S. citizens who are “under personal sanctions, including a ban on entry to the Russian Federation.”
The list includes members of President Biden’s Cabinet and advisors, current and former Presidential advisors, retired soldiers, journalists, judges and others identified merely as “U.S. citizen.”
Hundreds of Congress members are named, including U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman of Ohio, former Ohio governor John Kasich, and U.S. Congress members Bob Latta and Marcy Kaptur.
Rep. Kaptur, who is cochair of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, said she is “honored to be sanctioned by Putin–a coward whose evil knows no bounds.”
“Putin is terrified of liberty and those who revere it, and this latest desperate move only deepens my resolve,” she explained. “Having led the fight for Ukraine in Congress, I look forward to the day when Putin’s grip on power comes to an end.”
