Russian diplomats sharply criticized the comments of US State Department spokesman Heather Noirt concerning searches and searches of the Russian consulate general in San Francisco and the Russian trade mission in Washington. This is reported on the page of the Russian embassy in Facebook. Neuart's statements that searches and searches of Russian diplomatic sites were "walks" were regarded by the embassy as "openly mocking". "In fact, we are talking about unprecedented steps that are contrary to bilateral conventions, international law and the domestic legislation of the United States itself," the diplomatic mission emphasized.. Diplomats asked the question - where is the guarantee that for the purposes of such "walks" the representatives of the American special services will not come next time with a raid on other Russian objects of diplomatic capacity? "Or in official representations of other states in the United States. If diplomatic immunity is so easily answered by the American side, what to expect next? "- noted the diplomats. August 31, the US demanded to close until September 2 the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco and stop using the building of the trade mission in Washington and New York. On September 2, the authorities held in these buildings events that Russia qualified as searches. The State Department was told that this is a "detour" and "inspection". As explained in the White House, the decision to close Russian facilities became a response to the reduction of the American diplomatic presence in Russia.

Original article: The Russian embassy considered mockery of the State Department's comments on searches.