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Russian politicians and experts have commented on the State Department’s decision.t close the US consulate in Vladivostok and suspend mission work in Ekaterinburg.
Senator of the Federation Council (upper house of the Russian parliament) Alexei Pushkov described the decision as political.
“Savings of $ 3.2 million – this is fun“he wrote on the Telegram.
The United States has stopped working at two consulates in Russia
The consulate in Vladivostok and the consulate in Ekaterinburg closed
According to the senator Washington had financial problems, but not enough to close the consulates. In addition, Pushkov saw in the actions of the United States signs of limiting relations between the countries and the transition of the US authorities to an “ice war” with Russia.
For his part, Leonid Slutsky, who is chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament), said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in “agony and feverAccording to the Russian deputy, this was demonstrated not only by the closure of diplomatic missions, but also by the inclusion of Russia by the State Department among the enemies of the United States.
“The aggressive policy is unleashed not by Moscow, but by similar gentlemen from Washington,” Slutsky wrote on Twitter.
Pompeo declared Russia an enemy of the United States
China, on the other hand, was an “existential” threat to the United States.
Viktor Supyan, head of the research department of the Institute for the United States and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, believes that Americans are not interested in close diplomatic dialogue.
“The closure of consulates is only one indicator of this situation. I no longer see anything specific, because they did not ask Russia for retaliation, the closure of our consulates in the United States,” the expert told Govorit Moskva radio station.
Supian is confident that Russia will not take mirror measures, since it needs consulates in the United States. According to him, this is simply not appropriate.
Earlier it became known about the closure of the US Consulate General in Vladivostok and the suspension of the office in Ekaterinburg. As explained by the US State Department, this is necessary to ensure the security of the operations of US diplomatic missions. It should be noted that no action is foreseen with respect to the Russian missions to the United States.
The US Embassy in Moscow said the decision was due to the need to optimize the work of US diplomatic missions in Russia. The State Department estimates that closing the consulate in Vladivostok will save $ 3.2 million a year.
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