Long before the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the West had sanctioned Russia for many years, covering all walks of life and all aspects of Russia.
After the outbreak of the conflict, Western sanctions against Russia have become more severe than ever.
The West not only included Putin and many of his palace officials on the sanctions list, but even Russia's cats, dogs, and trees were sanctioned, and even Tchaikovsky's famous works were sanctioned, and even The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian could not help but complain: Tchaikovsky has been dead for more than 100 years, what is the crime of "Swan Lake"?
In response to the retaliatory sanctions imposed by the United States on Russia, Russia has retaliated with tit-for-tat and has also developed a list of sanctions against U.S. officials. In this list, US President Biden is impressively listed, and Biden's right and left arms, Blinken, Austin and others have not escaped the fate of being sanctioned, and all of them are on Russia's sanctions "blacklist".
It's not surprising that Biden and others have been countered by Russia, but it's worth noting that Biden's son Hunter Biden is also on the "blacklist." In addition, the number of sanctioned people is no more, no less, exactly 13 people, which makes people have to sigh that Russia has spent a lot of thought on countering the United States.
Although Biden and others do not necessarily have assets in Russia, nor will they necessarily visit or travel to Russia, Russia's sanctions actually show a tit-for-tat and uncompromising attitude.
And Russia is no more, no less, just sanctioning 13 Americans, which is a big deal. The number 13 is taboo in Western societies such as the United States, and it is not an auspicious number, because in the famous painting "The Last Supper", Jesus and his 12 disciples add up to exactly 13 people, and one of these 13 people finally betrayed him, and this person is Judas.
Coincidentally, among Biden's cronies, Secretary of State Blinken is Jewish, which is a bit interesting. Judas betrayed Jesus, which everyone knows, but whether Blinken will betray Biden or not, it is not known.
But for Russia, whether Or not Blinken betrays Biden, disgusting the United States with the number "13" or alienating Biden's relationship with members of his government, making him mutually suspicious, is also something russia is happy to see.
It is not known whether Biden and Blinken will have a mutual disagreement, but Russia has pulled Biden's son into the sanctions blacklist, and the Republican Party and the Democratic Party of the United States have torn it up.
Hunter is not an official in the Biden administration, but he is a sensitive figure.
Russia's inclusion of the only American without an official position on the sanctions list is clearly another meaning.
To say the deep meaning, we have to go back to the 2020 election in the United States that is like a palace fight drama.
Although Biden eventually defeated Trump to be elected president, Trump and the Republican Party remained unconvinced, believing that Biden had committed electoral fraud and that Biden's presidency had been illegally obtained.
In addition, Biden's son Hunter used his father's connections to become an executive at a major Ukrainian company and was involved in a corruption case. Trump and the Republican Party believe that Biden's godson is invincible and ineligible to be elected president of the United States.
Trump and the Republican Party want to dig deep into the Biden scandal, but the Ukrainian side refuses to cooperate with the investigation, which makes Trump's calculations frustrated.
As Biden was elected president, Trump has been unconvinced, seizing the opportunity to attack Biden. Now that Biden's son has been blacklisted by Russia, Trump seems to see an opportunity again.
The Republican-controlled media took the opportunity to hype up biden for illegal dealings with Ukraine and that his son was just a matchmaker.
During the Trump era, the relationship between the United States and Russia was relatively good, and even Trump himself admired Putin very much, and after the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Trump also publicly praised Putin for ordering an attack on Ukraine as a "genius move".
After Biden took office, the relationship between the United States and Russia took a sharp turn for the worse, and Biden was very concerned about Ukraine. In addition to refusing to send troops directly to support Ukraine, that is, asking for money to give money, weapons to weapons, and resolutely support Ukraine against Russia.
In the eyes of Trump and the Republican Party, Biden did this on the one hand because of THE US strategy, on the other hand, out of selfishness, afraid that after the fall of the Zelensky regime, his secrets in Ukraine would be dug up, and his presidency would be unstable. Because compared to Ukraine's life and death, Biden is certainly more concerned about whether he can sit on the Diaoyutai.
Now that Russia has put Huntra on the sanctions list and found a biological laboratory in ukraine, Trump and the Republican Party will not miss such an opportunity to attack Biden and accuse Biden of provoking injustice in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which is completely selfish.
It's about to be the midterm elections, and the Republican Party has already lost in the 2020 election, but doesn't want to lose to the Democrats in the midterm elections, so it will rack its brains to find Biden's weaknesses and create more exciting issues to help the Republican Party win the midterm elections.
For Trump, if the Republican Party defeats the Democrats in the midterm elections, he has a better chance of defeating Biden in the 2024 US election and successfully regaining what he has lost.
Trump admires Putin, is a special "fan" of Putin, putin knows what Trump wants.
As a "pet fan" idol, Putin needs to help Trump, after all, Trump's re-emergence as the master of the White House is not a bad thing for Russia. Therefore, Putin is willing to add a fire and make the "donkey elephant two parties" in the United States tear up more fiercely!
The more fierce the internal struggle in the United States, the less pressure on Russia, so why not let Putin enjoy it?