By COLlive reporter
Dasvidaniya!
The Kremlin released a list of 963 Americans it has permanently banned from traveling to Russia in retaliation against U.S. sanctions over its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, Axios reported.
The list is an update to a sanctions list it initially released in March that included President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other administration officials, though the sanctions themselves are largely symbolic, it was reported.
The list, published by the Russian Foreign Ministry, has been significantly expanded to encompass numerous people not involved with the U.S. government, like tech executives and journalists, Axios said.
“In the context of response to the constantly imposed anti-Russian sanctions by the United States and in connection with incoming requests about the personal composition of our national ‘stop list’, the Russian Foreign Ministry publishes a list of American citizens who are permanently banned from entering the Russian Federation,” the ministry said in an accompanying statement.
“We emphasize that the hostile actions taken by Washington, which boomerang against the United States itself, will continue to receive a proper rebuff,” it added.
The list includes 3 rabbis who are associated with Agudas Chassidei Chabad (“Aguch”), the umbrella organization for the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
Chabad has long sought the return of its historic collection of Jewish and Chassidic books and manuscripts amassed by the Rebbes of Chabad and seized by Russia since the Second World War.
The rabbis they banned:
Rabbi Avraham Shemtov, Chairman of the Board of Aguch, is the Rebbe’s Shliach to the White House, Head Shliach of Philadelphia, and founding director of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad).
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, secretary of Aguch, has served as secretary to the Rebbe for over forty years and is the chairman of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch and Machne Israel, the educational and social arms of Chabad-Lubavitch.
Rabbi Shlomo Cunin, a member of Aguch and of Agudas Chasidei Chabad of Russia, is the Head Shliach and director of Chabad activities on the West Coast of the United States.
Oddly, the list includes elected officials who have since died such as Senator John McCain (R-Arizona), who died in August 2018, and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who died in April 2021.
The list also mentioned “Nathan Levin, advocate,” which can possibly be Nathan Lewin, the renowned Washington lawyer with a Supreme Court practice who has been representing Chabad in its litigation against Russia.
Other Jewish-sounding names listed are Avrohom Yitzhak Weisfish (122), Moshe Cohen (383), Ofman Yosef Chaim (910) whom Russia only titles as a “U.S. citizen.” The names seem to be a mystery. Orfman is a member of a non-profit in Los Angeles named “Ohr Avrohom and Eliyahu.” Cohen is a widely popular name and no Google results appear for Weisfish.
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Ok then.
CHABAD as always fighting Russian cruelty
Rabbi Cunin is a true dugma chaya!
Rabbi Cunin is a true example of doing what needs to be done without letting obstacles get in the way.
chabad couldn’t leave Russia, now is the opposite.
I find some humor on this
Please keep in mind that many Yidedn and Chasidim live in Russia sometimes the less said the better
Yidden of Russia are free to leave at any moment. They must do so before it is too late.
100%
I would venture to say that due to using the us court system to win a judgement.
See: https://collive.com/judge-allows-chabad-to-pursue-russian-assets-until-books-are-freed/
Now th3 US is taking pages from this episode
See: https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-trying-to-seize-russian-assets-the-us-is-taking-a-page-from-chabad/
With all this, one can only imagine that Russia has an ax to grind here. Although Russia is terribly wrong here, this is all part of their political posturing and lashing out at various individuals and organizations.
Russia needs to save face and create “news” so this is a new talking point in their fabricated and carefully crafted news coverage of this war.
Moshiach now!
This is a badge of honor
Rabbis Krinsky Cunin and ShemTov are Shluchim of the Rebbe. Such as the Rebbe has never been scathed by the ostrosities of any negative powers so we shouldn’t be alarmed or frustrated by this.
Nu hut er gezukt. Hashem – kudsha brech hu zukt anderesh. Ver nisht nispoel,,,
Chevreh. There is a boss here. His game is more powerful then anything else. The Rebbe is in absolute charge.
I thought Hashem was in charge…
But Trump is still invited!
So I guess the implication is that you and I are Russian assets too?
They sanctioned anyone and everyone who matters at all and who ever confronted Russia about anything at all. The list is unsparing. Yet the former President, under whose watch Putin committed the worst crimes, is still a guest of honor.
I’m not sanctioned because as far as Russia is concerned, I don’t matter. If you do, in fact, matter, and you are not, in fact, on the list, then yes—you likely are an asset. Like Donald J. Trump.
More simply and more sensibly: Putin knows that there’s no downside in putting Biden and co. on the list, because they’ll just fulminate and nothing substantive will come of it. Whereas Trump can be an honest broker, as he was with the Abraham Accords; or he can issue threats that actually mean something, as when he threatened to nuke Moscow if they tried anything in Ukraine (and, whaddayaknow, they didn’t throughout his time in office). But I guess you’re welcome to keep to your fantasies, even as a special prosecutor is starting to demonstrate that they were an invention of… Read more »
Obama is not on it also
GO ZEIDY!!!
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