Washington continues to increase pressure on Moscow, imposing new sanctions, but they do not achieve their goals and do not give the desired result. This was told by the American senator-Republican Lindsey Graham. According to him, US President Donald Trump can not repel the Russian leadership. "I think the problem is that Russia got out of control. Whatever we do - it does not work, "- quotes Graham Fox News. Lindsay claims that Moscow is guilty of poisoning the former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal and is trying to intimidate the rest of the world with the successful launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile "Sarmat".

At the same time, Trump is pressed by his closest associates, who believe that Russia understands only the language of force, so it is necessary to act much harder with it. Because of the poisoning of the Skripal Washington declared persona non grata 60 Russian diplomats, as well as the authorities closed the consulate general in Seattle.

In Moscow, they announced the expulsion of 58 employees of the US Embassy and the termination of the work of the American Consulate General in St. Petersburg.