Moscow does not want to escalate the situation around U.S. diplomats in Russia, Russian news agencies cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on September 12 after talks with U.S. Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon in Helsinki.
Reuters: Russia – Moscow does not want to escalate situation around US diplomats
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the Federal Assembly of both houses of parliament at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 1, 2016.