Maria Zakharova
Official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak works in a “natural baiting”. She said this on air of the program “60 minutes” on TV channel “Russia 1”. The video transfer is published on the website teledidar.
“The conditions in which [work] Russian diplomats, they are very difficult. I think you can already understand that these people need including moral support of all of us… It is not an information campaign, it is bullying Ambassador Kislyak, genuine persecution,” — said Zakharov.
According to the diplomat, Kislyak is a “professional person who participated in the negotiation process on very difficult areas,” and “it is not necessary to justify”.
Foreign Ministry spokesman stressed that “harassment” refers not only to the Ambassador but to the whole of the country he represents. “It’s not only dubious, but all of us, because he is not there himself, he is not the Russian foreign Ministry, he represents our country”, — said Zakharov.
July 12, the newspaper “Izvestia” reported that Kislyak will return to Moscow on July 22. May 18, endorsed the candidature of Deputy foreign Minister of Russia Anatoly Antonov to the post of Russian Ambassador to the United States.
Kislyak Ambassador since 2008. On may 26, the Washington Post, citing us officials reported that the son-in-law and Advisor to the President of the United States Donald trump Jared Kushner at the end of 2016, suggested the use of a secret channel of communication between Moscow and the transition staff of President-elect. Three days later, Fox News channel reported that the initiative to establish a secret channel of communication came from Sergei Kislyak.
For hidden contacts Kislyak and the subsequent deception of the Vice President of the United States Mike Pence lost his job, a former adviser to trump national security — Michael Flynn.