Sergey Kislyak
Deputy Secretary of state Thomas Shannon on Monday, July 3, will meet with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak. The announcement of the event appeared on the website of the American dipvedomstva.
It is noted that the meeting will be held in the format of a working Breakfast in Washington.
25 Jun portal BuzzFeed News, citing its own sources reported about the imminent review Kislyak of Russia. Edition found the announcement on the website of the American-Russian business Council, which referred to a farewell party for Kislyak July 11 at St. Regis in Washington.
June 21, Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Ryabkov said that Moscow refuses bilateral consultations with Washington on the problems in relations after the expansion of us sanctions. “The situation is not conducive to carrying out rounds of this dialogue, especially since the content for it is not reached”, — said the diplomat.
Later, the state Department expressed regret in connection with this decision of Moscow.
20 June, the American Ministry of Finance has extended the sanctions list, which was added 38 points — 19 of 19 names and names of organizations involved in “Russia’s actions in Ukraine.” In particular, restrictions apply to some officials of the Crimea and the breakaway republics of Donbass, as well as to citizens associated with the club of bikers “Night wolves”.
The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, commenting on the situation, stated that “Russophobic obsession in the United States goes all the faces”.