In the course of the negotiations held on December 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded a rigid form to return the diplomatic property of the Russian Federation in the United States from his American colleague Joe Bayden. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the deputy headlamp of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Ryabkova.
And the form of the formulation of this issue [before Biden], I am sure, attracted additional attention to the topic, “Ryabkov is convinced. At the same time, he did not reveal how the president of the United States responded to such a requirement.
It comes to residential complexes on the territory of the United States, which are owned by official Moscow. Washington closed access to them within the framework of the sanctuction package from December 2016. Then the administration of the US President Barack Obama adopted anti-Russian sanctions due to the fact that Moscow allegedly intervened in the election and tried to put pressure on American diplomats. Russia refutes all charges.
According to the British newspaper Financial Times, during the negotiations on December 7, Biden gave way to Putin on another issue that did not touch the dipstormality of the Russian Federation. In the newspaper, it is believed that such a concession can be considered a discussion during the negotiations of Russia’s concern about the expansion of NATO.