Russia’s ambassador to Washington has said the United States has asked 24 diplomats to leave the country by September 3, Reuters reported.
According to the report, Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, added that they would not be a replacement due to the US sudden move to make visas more difficult.
Russia’s foreign intelligence chief, Sergei Naryshkin, has accused US political elites and social media of blackmailing Moscow.
Russia’s top security official has said that Western and American political elites and the media are blackmailing Russia, and that not only Republicans but also Democrats in the United States are criticizing the president for meeting with Putin.
The Russian security official also added that Joe Biden is currently under pressure from both US parties for not imposing sanctions on Russia’s Stream gas project, and that Democrats have made the most of his anti-Russian sentiment when Trump was president. They did.
According to Naryshkin, good relations between Russia and the United States and the West are generally possible, although more needs to be done, as co-operation between the two countries’ security agencies on issues such as the fight against terrorism is crucial.
The United States and Russia are currently in the worst possible relationship in recent years; However, the approach of the two countries is interactive and their efforts are on managing relations.
In international relations, Russia strongly opposes US unilateralism and calls on other countries, such as China and India, to pursue UN-centered multilateralism. This issue has been the basis of numerous confrontations between the two countries in international and bilateral relations over the past few years.
