The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on its website on the 6th, announcing the expansion of the list of U.S. citizens permanently prohibited from entering the country. 61 people, including U.S. energy minister Graham and finance minister Yellen, were added to the list. The statement said that as a response to the United States' expanding sanctions against Russian political and public figures and business people, 61 heads of major U.S. military enterprises, media, rating agencies, aircraft and ship manufacturing companies, as well as individual officials of the U.S. State Department who participated in spreading rumors of "Russian cyber attacks" were added to the permanent entry ban list, including U.S. energy secretary Glen Holm Finance minister Yellen et al. On May 21, the Russian Foreign Ministry published on its website a list of U.S. citizens permanently prohibited from entering the country, including 963 U.S. President Biden. (Xinhua News Agency)