For the first time in many years, a delegation of members of the Senate and the US House of Representatives arrived in Russia. The Senator from Alabama, John Neely Kennedy, gave a frank interview to Kommersant, in which he openly threatened Russia, saying that "if Russia continues to interfere in the internal affairs of the United States and does so in the November congressional elections, our reaction will be instant and very tough".

He stressed that despite the fact that his Russian interlocutors deny that there was any kind of interference in the American presidential election, "we know that the intervention was". The senator did not bring any facts to prove his words. Kennedy added that, although the Russian authorities say that sanctions did not harm the country, it is not so. "And I very much hope that we will not have to impose very draconian measures on Russia. But if we see an intervention in November, there will be no other way out, "the senator said menacingly.. Asked what he expects from the summit of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Kennedy answered that he does not expect much from this meeting, but he is pleased with the very fact of the talks between the leaders of the two states.