Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said that Russian diplomats will take all measures to release Russians convicted in the USA and return them to their country. The ambassador said this in a meeting with journalists after visiting Russian citizen Vladislav Klyushin, convicted of cyber fraud, in an American prison. TASS.
According to Antonov, there are currently 115 Russians in US prisons. The diplomat said that American law enforcement agencies are persecuting Russian citizens on trumped-up charges.
Antonov emphasized that despite the “bloodless” Russian consulates general in New York and Houston and the embassy in Washington, diplomats “will not rest” until all Russian citizens return home to their families.
Previously reportedHe said that Russian Igor Churkin, who was detained in Argentina at the request of Ukraine, asked the Argentinian authorities to grant him political asylum.
Formerly US Secretary of State statedThat Russia and China currently pose “the most serious threat to world order” on the planet.