Moscow warned that it could take extreme measures: expel about three dozen US diplomats from the country and seize American property in Russia. This will be a mirror image of Washington's actions.

On the eve of the New Year, the administration of Barack Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats from the country. The pretext was the alleged interference of Russia in the course of the US election campaign, the evidence of which has not been provided to this day. Employees of Russian diplomatic missions hastily left the United States with families, they met the New Year over the ocean. In addition, the property of the Russian embassy in the United States was seized. These facilities enjoy diplomatic immunity, their seizure is a grave violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961.

Then Russia did not respond with equivalent measures, moreover, the children of American diplomats were invited to the New Year party in the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will not "sink to the level of" kitchen "diplomacy and will not send the Americans".

Russia demonstrated its reluctance to aggravate relations, realizing that an early change of the US government could change something in relations. However, time is running out, and nothing is going to be corrected overseas.

Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Andrei Klimov said about the event: "Unfortunately, for half a year Trump either could not, or did not consider it important to fix the situation. And now we have to draw a line and answer in a mirror. This is not our demonstration of a negative attitude to the Trump administration, it's just a testament to the fact that Russia is a respected power, to which one must show respect. At the same time, it is necessary to observe the protocol, etiquette and international norms - there can be no other way of communicating with Russia ".

There is a preliminary agreement to hold a meeting in St. Petersburg, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and US First Secretary of State Thomas Shannon. However, if the parties do not reach a compromise there, Russia will have to take measures. Russia will close access to a dacha in the Serebryany Bor and warehouses in Moscow.

It is known that at the end of last week on the eve of the meeting of the Russian and US presidents in Hamburg, the head of the White House, Donald Trump, received a letter from the representatives of the US Senate from the Republican and Democratic parties, in which they asked not to make any concessions to Vladimir Putin and not return diplomaticity, This will be perceived by Putin as a encouragement and "will lead to a dangerous escalation of the destabilizing actions of the Kremlin against democracies around the world". That's right, no more, no less. In this way, the US, violating the Vienna Convention, is fighting for democracy. But as always. The US State Department does not hurry to put an end to the diplomatic crisis, forcing the Russian Federation to take retaliatory measures.