White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, commenting on sanctions imposed on her in particular by the Russian authorities, said that she, like other people, has no plans to visit Russia for tourism purposes.

“It may surprise you, but none of us are planning tourist trips to Russia, none of us have bank accounts there that need access”, she said in response to a question from a journalist.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced the imposition of personal sanctions against US President Joe Biden, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and a number of other senior US military officials and military officials.