The list started out as 60 Russians I believe. Putin retaliated by banning American adoptions of Russia children or approximately 3,000 Russian children per year who will now be destined to live in orphanages until they become adults. Incidentally, that list was whittled down to 18.

Russia also retaliated by banning travel to 18 Americans as indicated here.

Putin is now considering laws against blasphemy. I guess this will add to the Russian commitment to jail dissidents. The anti-American propaganda WRT to Gitmo is nothing new and has been part of the propaganda campaign carried out by Russia Today. That amongst others.

Oh, and that article is cut off and continues as such:

An unnamed Russian source told ITAR-TASS that Moscow’s counter-measures would be “symmetrical” and should be expected by Saturday.

The latest downturn prompted the US general nominated to take over as NATO commander to admit that the “reset” in relations that US President Barack Obama agreed with his former counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in 2009 had hit a “pause”.

“Russia will remain the primary actor of regional concern through 2020,” General Philip Breedlove told the US Senate Armed Services Committee.

The Kremlin has further expressed repeated concern at US plans to deploy a missile defence shield over Europe that Russia fears may make its own nuclear arsenal obsolete.

Yet Washington needs Moscow’s support on such vital international issues as the Syria crisis and the ongoing standoff around North Korea.

These and another topics will be on the agenda when US National Security Advisor Tom Donilon visits Moscow for talks Tuesday with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev.

Kremlin spokesman Peskov said there was a possibility that Donilon would also have a chance to briefly meet Putin as well.

The protests against Putin will continue. I guess some people have already forgotten the massive protests held against Putin a couple of years ago. Other than that we have good cooperation in the space program. Anti-American and anti-Russian propagandists will try and blow this out of proportion.