According to Degtyarev, this is a very symbolic name for an anonymous dead end. America regularly "violates" the principles of democracy, "drives the world to a standstill" by its international policy, the People's Deputy of the LDPR, quoted by usa. one.

Mikhail Degtyarev stressed that they are not going to rename the streets "for some momentary political ambitions", but they can call a dead end, which still did not have a name. Moscow Mayor's Office will consider the proposal to rename this month.

The LA Times suggested that the renaming is directly connected with the decision of the city council of the US capital about the appropriation of a square near the Russian embassy in Washington on the day of the oppositionist and critic of the ruling government Boris Nemtsov.

Official representative of the diplomatic mission Maria Olson, upon learning about Degtyarev's proposal, noted that they prefer to deal with the development of bilateral relations, and not talk about dead ends.

Renaming of streets in Russia and the United States occurs against the backdrop of diplomatic confrontation between countries. In July, Vladimir Putin, in response to the imposition of sanctions for alleged interference by the Russian Federation in the presidential election in 2016, ordered 755 American diplomats out of 1200 to leave the country.

In turn, the US government reacted to Moscow's "unreasonable" actions by closing the Russian consulate in San Francisco and 2 diplomatic facilities in Washington and New York.