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The building of the Russian Trade representation in Washington under the control of U.S. authorities. TASS reports that Russia’s state property in the capital of the United States put American security.
Trade representative of Russia in Washington, Alexander Stadnik confirmed that, in the opinion of the American side, diplomatic immunity complex is cleared. “They are from two o’clock local time (21:00 GMT) don’t think so,” said Stadnik.
Employees of the Russian Embassy after the insistence of the American side were allowed into the premises of the trade Mission of the Russian Federation in Washington, where he was searched, told RIA Novosti the representative of the Embassy Nikolay Lakhonin.
Earlier, the Russian foreign Ministry said that US intelligence agencies are going on 2 September to carry out a search at the Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco, including in the apartments of employees of the diplomatic mission. The US state Department refused to comment on this information. He previously demanded to close the Russian Consulate in San Francisco and two buildings of the trade mission in Washington and new York until 2 September, citing the response to the Russian proposal to reduce the number of employees of the US diplomatic mission in Russia. Russia has described the actions of the hostile step.