The USA changes the logic of behavior towards Russia. If before the White House considered the Kremlin as its adversary, but at the same time aspired to appear kind and good in the eyes of ordinary Russians, now he refused such a policy. So commented on the difficult situation with the issuance of US visas to Russian citizens, an international expert, assistant professor at the Higher School of Economics, Dmitriy Ofitserov-Belsky. "Before, very many politicians in the West perceived human contacts as a definite alternative to high-level contacts. That is, if there are bad relations between the countries, then it is necessary to show the people of Russia how they are good in the West, to form a certain loyalty, "the expert said on Sputnik radio,. "If formerly in the West, primarily in the United States, ... the authorities and the people shared, now there is no such division," concluded the Officers-Belsky.

On the eve it became known that relatives of the Russian Alexander Kurganov can not leave the United States. 20-year-old resident of St. Petersburg drowned in the Glen Canyon reserve on August 27, but the US authorities do not allow his relatives to come for the body. "I doubt that they will have the opportunity to leave St. Petersburg, as the Americans have actually stopped issuing visas, including humanitarian cases," RIA Novosti news agency Russian Consul General in Houston Alexander Pisarev.

According to him, it is likely that the body of a young man will be sent to his homeland unaccompanied by his relatives, the agents of the insurance company will have to deal with this, and the consulate general will keep the matter under control. Previously, Russian athletes, artists and even airline pilots pointed to the problems with the timely receipt of an entry permit for the United States. The American side responds to all claims that Moscow is to blame for the visa crisis, which in 2017. expelled a large number of American diplomats from the Russian Federation.