60 American diplomats announced by non-grants on April 5 left Moscow. Before leaving, they recorded and posted on YouTube video, where they told what links them to Russia and the Russians. "I studied here almost 30 years ago, and I always had respect for the Russian people," says Michael Lally, the head of the US trade mission.. "I fully understand how important our cooperation in the business sphere is, how American and Russian companies work together," he added.. "I remember how clever, creative and kind my students were. I remember how my friends taught me how to bathe properly in a bath. I remember how we met the New Year with my friends, "said Neil, one of the employees of the political department of the US Embassy. "I will miss my Russian friends," Liz confessed, an employee of the same department, "I'm sorry that it will be more difficult now to hold a dialogue on key issues". "I worked in Russia for almost 2 years. I will not forget what I and my Russian colleagues have been able to achieve here, "says an employee of the political department of the US Embassy Alice. "We need to restore and deepen our dialogue," concluded Michael Lally, and his colleague Thomas added: "As my mother said in difficult times:" Everything will be fine! "It should be noted that almost all diplomats in the video perfectly speak Russian. The international diplomatic scandal broke out because of the so-called case of Skripal.

In the English city of Salisbury on March 4, the former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned. according to recent data, they have already recovered. Britain accused Russia of the incident, Moscow rejected its involvement in the state of emergency. As a result, more than one hundred Russian diplomats sent more than 20 countries, including the United States - 60 people. In response, Russia sent home to 60 employees of the American diplomatic mission.