The US list includes ABC News television host George Stephanopoulos, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, and Russia-focused news site Meduza editor Kevin Rothrock.
Canada’s list includes Cameron Ahmad, who works as communications director for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Special Operations Forces Commander Steve Boivin.
The list of people includes those who are “directly involved in the development, establishment and implementation of the Russophobic course of the ruling regime in Canada,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Russia has previously sanctioned several hundred US and Canadian officials, including US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in response to their countries’ punitive measures against Moscow.