Mark Zuckerberg and ABC's George Stephanopoulos are recent Russian sanction targets

On Thursday, Russia sanctioned several US business leaders, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky, also Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, in the latest round of escalating tit-for-tat penalties imposed in the aftermath of Ukraine's invasion.

"When my parents and I fled the Soviet Union as refugees in 1980, we were told we would never set foot on Soviet soil again." So I guess it took more than four decades (and unprovoked war against a former member state) for the Kremlin to make it official?" After the news broke, Golodryga took to Twitter.

The latest Russian sanctions also targeted prominent members of the Biden administration and the United States military, including Vice President Kamala Harris, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks. Doug Emhoff, Harris' husband, was also barred.

"Top leaders, businessmen, experts, also journalists who form the Russophobic agenda and the spouses of several high-ranking officials," according to Russia's Foreign Ministry, are among those who can no longer enter the country.

The Kremlin is retaliating against crippling sanctions imposed by the United States and other Western nations. Leading Russian banks and companies and prominent billionaire oligarchs, and family members of figures close to Vladimir Putin have all been sanctioned.

Russia has blocked access to Meta-owned platforms Facebook also Instagram, accusing them of "extremist" behavior.

Twitter executives were left off the list, despite the social media platform being also prohibited in Russia. Likewise, despite the Google-owned platform's clashes with Russian authorities, executives at YouTube were also spared.

Russia imposed similar sanctions on 61 Canadians, including several journalists. Since its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in late February, the Kremlin has attempted to limit the flow of information.