MOSCOW, October 29. /TASS/. Russia is banning the entry of 131 Australian citizens indefinitely in response to politically motivated sanctions introduced by the Australian government against Russian individuals and legal entities, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

“In response to the Australian Government’s politically motivated sanctions against Russian individuals and entities, imposed as part of the ‘Collective West’ Russophobic campaign, a further 131 Australians representing the military complex are banned indefinitely from entering the Russian Federation.” industrialists, journalists and public figures who promote an anti-Russian agenda in that country,” the statement reads.

The Russian ministry statement also stated that since “the Canberra official has no intention of abandoning its anti-Russian course and continues to introduce new sanctions measures, work on updating the Russian exclusion list will continue.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry supplemented its statement with a list of the aforementioned Australians who are banned from entering Russia.