The Russian Foreign Ministry has placed sanctions on U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm along with 60 other U.S. citizens and top officials, Interfax news agency reports. On Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry updated its blacklist to include 61 high-ranking Americans, including Granholm, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, White House economic adviser Brian Deese and Senior presidential advisor Mike Donilon. The sanctions are in retaliation for “constantly expanding U.S. sanctions against Russian political and public figures, as well as representatives of domestic business”, Reuters cited the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying in a statement. The new sanctions, which have little if any attention in Washington or in the Western media, come after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was prevented by NATO countries from visiting Serbia and crossing the airspace of Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro. Responding to the closure of airspace by these NATO countries, Lavrov said “the unthinkable has happened”. […]