VLADIVOSTOK, December 24. /TASS/. The Russian foreign Ministry regularly sends requests to the US state Department regarding the provision of access to seized by the American authorities departmenet of the Russian Federation in Washington, San Francisco and new York. On Sunday the official representative of the Russian depodesta Maria Zakharova in an interview to the program “Sunday evening” on TV channel “Russia 1”.
“Once a month just, a few times a month are the Department of state on the granting of visiting rights. The state Department meets with failure. This musical correspondence is conducted. Considering the legal aspect as the implementation of the orders of the President in this direction,” she said.
Answering the question about the prospects of the trial, Zakharov noted that this information will be made public, when the opportunity arises. “While considering the details of this process, publicly to talk about it is impossible. All ahead” she said.
September 2, the U.S. government closed the Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco trade representation in Washington and its branch in new York, which Moscow leases. The first two objects owned by the state and Russia have diplomatic immunity. Moscow has described the Russian capture of departmenet as an openly hostile act and urged the U.S. government to immediately return these objects.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking on September 5 at a press conference on the results of the BRICS summit in Xiamen (China), said that the US decision is “a clear violation of property rights of the Russian side”, and instructed the foreign Ministry to engage in judicial procedures in relation to the illegal actions of Washington.