US celebrities, politicians and others sanctioned by Russia - in pictures
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US actor Ben Stiller, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, during a meeting in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier this year. EPA -
Stiller's actions have resulted in a lifetime ban from Russia. EPA -
Actor and director Sean Penn attends a meeting with Mr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. Reuters -
Penn has also been banned from Russia after his visit. Reuters -
Former US secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, seen here at the 13th DVF Awards 2022 during the 79th Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy, is banned. Getty Images -
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is banned. AP -
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and President Joe Biden are both banned. AP -
US Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg is banned. AP -
Rob Reiner directed a 2017 video about the Kremlin meddling in the 2016 US presidential election. Getty Images -
Actor Morgan Freeman has been banned amid accusations of being 'anti-Russian' for narrating Reiner's video. Photo: Universal Pictures -
US Vice President Kamala Harris made the ban list. Bloomberg -
Ms Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff are banned from Russia. Bloomberg -
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki made a quip about cancelling her vacation to Russia after hearing of her ban. AP -
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was not surprised that he is banned from Russia. AFP -
Mitt Romney, a Republican senator from Utah, has been banned. AP -
Mark Kelly, a Democratic senator, is banned though his wife, Gabby Giffords, is not. Getty Images / AFP -
Meta/Facebook chairman and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is banned and the social media service is also blocked in Russia. AFP -
ABC newscaster George Stephanopoulos, with his wife actress Ali Wentworth, is banned from Russia. AP -
Hungarian-born US investor and philanthropist George Soros is banned from Russia. AFP -
Corey Booker, a Democratic senator, is one of the many politicians no longer welcome in Russia. AFP -
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democratic congresswoman, was banned by Moscow. AP -
Marco Rubio, a Republican senator and long-time Donald Trump supporter, is banned from Russia. Mr Trump, however, has not been banned. Reuters -
US Attorney General Merrick Garland is not welcome in Russia either. Reuters -
Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator, is banned. Reuters -
Matt Gaetz, a Republican congressman, is not welcome in Russia. Getty Images / AFP -
Former acting US attorney general Sally Yates testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism that she had warned the White House about contacts between former national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia that might make him vulnerable to blackmail - hence her ban. Getty Images -
The Kremlin gave no explanation for its ban of Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg. Getty Images / AFP -
Tim Kaine, a Democratic senator who was Hillary Clinton's running mate in the 2016 presidential election, is banned. AP -
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Rob Portman and Amy Klobuchar, both US senators, last week. Both are banned from Russia. Reuters -
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is banned from crossing Russia's borders. AP -
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Mark Milley is banned. AFP -
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a US representative from New York, is also banned. EPA -
Ilhan Omar, a representative from Minnesota, is also banned. AP -
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Ukraine earlier this year and faces a lifetime ban. AP -
USAID administrator Samantha Power is banned from Russia. EPA -
Former UN ambassador Susan Rice is banned. EPA -
Rashida Tlaib, a congresswoman from Michigan, is banned. Getty Images / AFP -
Maxine Waters, a Democratic representative, is banned. AFP -
Jeff Flake, the US ambassador to Turkey, is banned from Russia. AFP -
Michele Flournoy, former under secretary of defence and co-founder of WestExec Advisers in Washington, is banned from Russia. AFP -
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines is banned from Russia for life. AP -
Liz Cheney, a Republican congresswoman, is banned along with her father. Reuters -
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is banned. EPA -
Marjorie Taylor Green, a Republican congresswoman from Georgia, is banned. Bloomberg
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