U.S. authorities returned to Russia taken from buildings of the diplomatic mission flags
U.S. authorities returned to Russia taken from buildings of the diplomatic mission flags The US authorities have returned to Russian diplomats, the Russian flags captured by American intelligence officials with the buildings of the Consulate General in San Francisco, said “RIA Novosti” Deputy foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. In early October the Russian Embassy in the United States reported the theft of flags from the buildings of the Consulate, calling the incident a “shameful event”. “We demand the immediate return of Russian state symbols in place and to prevent the incident in future,” — stated in the message of the Embassy. The U.S. state Department then assured that the Russian flag was “respectfully lowered and securely stored”. According to Ryabkov, the flags returned along with the archives of the Consulate of San Francisco, which was illegally taken by the Americans from the closed to the Russian diplomats of the building of