American intelligence services are in the building of the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco, as well as in trade missions in Washington and New York. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation considers such behavior unprecedented state hooliganism. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

According to the official, Americans conduct real searches in Russian diplomatic buildings. "The American side is trying to make a good face in a bad game, maneuvering with words, not content in its policy, arguing that it's inspections, inspections. No, it's searches, and that's how the American side raised the issue from the very beginning, "he said, talking to reporters at the BRICS summit in China's Xiamen.

"Representatives of US special services and law enforcement agencies have not yet left the building of the consulate general in San Francisco, which in itself is a defiant act. From there the noise is still heard. What they do there, you can not understand, "- said Ryabkov. He called such actions "an infringement on the fundamental norms of international law" and "state hooliganism, which Russia has not yet encountered".

From the very beginning of this story, Americans behaved extremely inadequately. "Everything on the other side turns inside out, the phrase is said that Russia went on the expulsion of hundreds of diplomats, although we did not deport anyone, we said that Americans must determine for themselves how much and where they will leave their personnel," the diplomat said..

He recalled that the decision to level the personnel of Russia's diplomatic institutions in the US and the US in Russia suggested after the Americans in late 2016. unmotivatedly expelled 35 Russian diplomats from the country and seized two real estate objects. However, it was accepted only after the US Congress on July 27 passed a law on the next expansion of sanctions against Moscow. This law was "an unprecedented hostile action, a measure of economic impact on the Russian Federation". Therefore, Russia had to react to it, or "Americans are too accustomed to feel the right to do anything in different areas without receiving any response".

Our country has a "lot of options" for a possible response to US actions against the consulate in San Francisco, but Moscow does not intend to hurry with a response. "Generally it's difficult in some situations when you face hooliganism, imagine what the reaction should be. But we will find this reaction. Hooligans can be tried to call for order, especially those who, perhaps for some reason, lost control of themselves, and before that they behaved more or less decently, "said Ryabkov.

The first searches in the building of the Russian consulate general in San Francisco, as well as in the trade missions in Washington and New York, took place on September 2. All these premises, according to the decision of the US authorities, were to close by this day: so Washington responded to Moscow's decision to reduce the number of American diplomats in Russia. In connection with the intention of the US special services to inspect the premises of diplomatic facilities, Russia handed a note of protest to the ambassador of the United States Embassy in Moscow.

The press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov called searches in the Russian consulate in San Francisco "an act of violation of international law". The Russian Foreign Ministry urged the colleagues from the State Department to "rethink" and return the diplomatic property to our country.

At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the eve that emphasizes that Russian consular offices in the US do not intend to reduce the intensity of work on rendering the entire consular service, despite the unfriendly actions of the American authorities.