MOSCOW, April 13. /TASS/. Moscow has imposed tit-for-tat sanctions on 398 members of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Tit-for-tat restrictions have been introduced on 398 members of the House of Representatives of the US Congress in response to another wave of sanctions that the Joe Biden administration imposed on Russia on March 24, targeting 328 members of the State Duma, which, given that some Russian lawmakers had been sanctioned earlier, meant that nearly all of its members were blacklisted," the statement reads.

"The individuals in question, including top officials and committee chairpersons in the lower house of the US Congress, have been blacklisted by Russia permanently. Together with other incumbent lawmakers, who, like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, were barred from entering Russia earlier, all members of the US Congress have been blacklisted on the basis of reciprocity," the ministry added.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow will soon announce new retaliatory measures, particularly expanding the blacklist, as well as other steps.