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"You can see that de facto everybody [included on the list] is called an enemy of the US," Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Russian president, stated on Tuesday. ... The spokesman said that the list has created an "unprecedented situation" and will be further analyzed in Moscow.
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said earlier on Tuesday that the US Treasury's 'Kremlin List' resembles a Who's Who of Russian politics. Dvorkovich said he was not surprised to find his name on the list. "As a member of the government, I was obliged to be on this list, the entire government is there, so there is nothing surprising. It is a list of individuals who are obviously the leading ones in Russian politics and business. This is not a sanctions list; it's a list which is used for further decisions and assessments. We will continue to monitor the situation. There are no grounds for any action yet," he told journalists in Novosibirsk.

The US Treasury's 'Kremlin List' infringes on the principles of relations between the countries, making cooperation with Russia in different spheres practically impossible, Frants Klintsevich, the deputy head of a Russian upper house committee, said. "I do not know what will follow this report, but its very appearance is unprecedented," he noted.

The US Treasury's list resembles a "Kremlin telephone book," rewritten by the US special services, Senator Konstantin Kosachev said. It simply points to the fact that US intelligence "is desperate to find some provable compromising material on Russian politicians," Kosachev wrote on Facebook.

Business Ombudsman Boris Titov, who is also the leader of Russia's Party of Growth, said he was "taken aback" when he found his name on the list. Noting that the US list also featured Mikhail Fedotov, chairman of the Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, and Anna Kuznetsova, the children's rights commissioner for the Russian president, Titov likened the measure to a kidney punch. "They [the US] hit the 'pianists' playing for everyone, not for those in power. They have hit those who decent people usually do not shoot," Titov told Interfax on Tuesday. "Our job is to protect people from those in power... apparently, it is advantageous for the [US] to reduce the effectiveness of civil institutions [in Russia]."

The list came under fire from Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, who is also named. "Such lists could not be thought of even in the worst periods of history. Measures like these do not split, they unite [people]," he wrote on VKontakte (VK).

"The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on," Putin said on Tuesday, several hours after the report featuring the entire Russian government and scores of prominent Russian business people was issued. The list of 210 people fails to mention the Russian leader - much to his 'distress'. "It's a pity," Putin said sarcastically in answer to a journalist's question on how he feels about his absence. However, the move is "certainly unfriendly" as it damages already deteriorating Russian-US relations, Putin added.

"What do they want? They must decide for themselves," Putin said, referring to Washington's policy. Russia is eager to build long-term relations which are "stable and based on international law," the Russian leader added. In a tougher comment, Putin slammed Washington for inconsistency and "stupidity." The Russian president noted that the US equates Moscow with Tehran and Pyongyang, while at the same time calling on Russia to help solve the North Korean crisis and mediate on issues involving Iran.

Though the US has not imposed new sanctions on Russia yet, they will result from the classified report that has been shown to Congress, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers.

Grilled by the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, Mnuchin responded to Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) who asked about the new sanctions.

"I assume you haven't read the classified version," Mnuchin told Menendez, per CNBC reporter Kayla Tausche. "There will be sanctions that come out of this report."

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