In response to a new round of U.S. sanctions, Russia announced on Friday that it would bar 500 Americans, including former President Barack Obama and comedian Stephen Colbert, from entering the country.

The list released by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not specify each individual’s complaints.

However, the ministry stated that the offenders included those who propagated Russophobia, supplied Ukraine with armaments, and were “directly involved in the persecution of dissidents in the wake of the so-called ‘storm of the Capitol.’”

The ban is supported by 45 members of the United States House of Representatives, as well as Republican senators J.D. Vance of Ohio, Katie Britt of Alabama, and Eric Schmitt of Missouri, and former ambassadors to Russia John Tefft and Jon Huntsman.

The ministry also denied a U.S. request for consular access to Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich, who was detained and charged with espionage at the end of March.

Last month, the United States denied visas to Russian journalists who intended to cover Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to the United Nations, according to the ministry.

The most recent sanctions against Russia impose stricter restrictions on previously sanctioned individuals and corporations involved in the war effort.

Sanctions evaders involved in the procurement of technology for the Kremlin have been hit with the heaviest financial penalties.