Putin refused to expel American diplomats from Russia – RBC

President Vladimir Putin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has refused to send American diplomats out of Russia in response to US sanctions. Previously, such a proposal approached the Russian foreign Ministry

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian side will not “create problems for American diplomats.” “We’re not going to send”, he added.

As noted in the statement the heads of Russia, “new unfriendly steps of the outgoing US administration” in the Kremlin regarded “as a provocation aimed at further undermining Russian-American relations”.

“reserving the right to retaliate, we will not stoop to the level of “cooking”, irresponsible diplomacy,” — said Putin. Further steps “for the restoration of Russian-American relations,” the Russian administration, he said, to take “based on the policy to be conducted by the administration of President Donald trump”.

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“We’re not going to create problems for American diplomats. We’re not going to send,” — said on the Kremlin website. In addition, the Russian side will not “prevent them [diplomats] to families and children to use their usual resting places during the new year holidays.”

Yesterday, 29 December, the Kremlin said that Russia does not currently need to give “urgent” response to new U.S. sanctions, reported the press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov. “The decision will be taken <…> Vladimir Putin,” he said, adding that the Russian leader will do, given the remaining life of the current administration of President Barack Obama.

In response to the new anti-Russian sanctions of expulsion of 31 officers from the U.S. Embassy and four employees of the Consulate General in St. Petersburg on 30 December, Putin suggested the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov. Also, according to the head of the Russian Ministry, it would be appropriate to ban American diplomats to use a dacha in Serebryany Bor and warehouse on Road street in the capital.

Access is owned by Russian diplomats two country residences in new York and Maryland, the U.S. government shut down on December 29. According to Reuters, these measures were taken in connection “with the Russian attack on American diplomats.” In addition, as said the interlocutor of the Agency, they were a response “to the actions that are not relevant to diplomatic practice.”

on the same day, 35 employees of the Russian Embassy in Washington and Consulate in San Francisco was declared US persona non grata, 72 hours later they had to leave the territory of the States.

in addition, Obama signed a decree on the introduction of a new package of anti-Russian sanctions. They were taken in connection with hacker attacks during the presidential campaign in the United States. In the advanced black list includes six individuals, as well as such Russian agencies as the FSB and GRU.