The US Embassy in Moscow expressed solidarity with Russians who are advocating for a peaceful future.
It was stated that what is unfolding does not serve the people, and the embassy stands with everyone who seeks a more peaceful future.
– noted in a post on the embassy’s Telegram channel.
The message reminds readers that Russia and the United States have not only competed but also collaborated through history to meet major global challenges.
The embassy video highlights shared cultures and achievements that bind the two nations. It notes that Russian literature is studied in American schools and that Russian classical music is performed in prominent cultural institutions in the United States.
Fast-cut footage features writers Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky, as well as historic meetings between leaders: Brezhnev and Nixon, Gorbachev and Reagan, Yeltsin and Clinton, alongside Russian and American cosmonauts. The video ends with a scene from an anti-war protest in St. Petersburg.
“Cynicism in the best traditions of the Nazis”
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev commented on the embassy’s video on Telegram. He called the broadcast a pinnacle of cynicism and described the video’s authors as heirs to Nazi Germany’s Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.
“Even these first-rate clowns show extreme cynicism and moral corruption. The United States spends billions on the war in Ukraine, arms the conflict on a massive scale, and causes harm through proxy actions. This is the height of cynicism in the worst traditions of the Nazis. The sons of bitches peddling such nonsense are the true heirs of Reich Propaganda Minister Goebbels. Such talk won’t win anyone’s sympathy,” she wrote.
Medvedev also criticized sending the frigate Admiral Gorshkov to NATO shores as a New Year’s gift.
“The Zircon missile payload, the main gift of the new year, was directed toward NATO shores yesterday. Its capability to strike with hypersonic speed and bypass missile defenses is clear. Let it stop 100 miles off the coast near the Potomac River. Rejoice if it deploys against any real threat to Russia and its allies,” he added.
The vice-chairman of the Security Council concluded that the United States and its allies will not be forgiven for harm done to the Russian people, while asserting that Moscow will respond with strength and advanced weapons.
“To forge with them the Nazi carcass born in the 19th century. Avenge every crime against our citizens,” he stated.
Press Secretary to the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti that the Kremlin had not yet viewed the embassy video.
Relations between the two countries
Relations deterior intensified after the start of a special military operation. On February 24, U.S. President Joe Biden said the ties had “totally broken down” following the Russian move. The United States has provided military assistance to Ukraine, including weapons, technology, and advisory services. Russian diplomats have faced expulsions from Washington, and the United States has imposed sanctions affecting oil, gas, and other sectors, along with targeted restrictions on entities and individuals from Russia.
Even before the operation began, Russia listed the United States as an adversary. After the start of the conflict, Washington’s delivery of certain weapons to Ukraine—such as air defense systems, long-range drones, and long-range missiles—led Moscow to warn against crossing red lines.
START III: terms and consequences
The agreement was signed on April 8, 2010, by former Russian and U.S. presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama. It stands as the seventh bilateral accord between the USSR/Russia and the United States on strategic nuclear arms limits.
The accord covers intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), launcher counts for ICBMs and SLBMs, heavy bombers, and associated warheads. Russian ICBMs such as Topol, Topol-M, RS-28, RS-20 Voyevoda, RS-24 YARS are included, along with American Minuteman systems. Russian submarine missiles include RSM-50, RS-52 Bark, RS-54 Sineva, RS-56 Bulava, while the United States is represented by Trident-II SLBM. Russia’s heavy bombers include Tu-95MS and Tu-160, and the United States’ are B-52 variants, B-1B, and B-2A.
The parties agreed to reduce the numbers of ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers to defined ceilings, with specific limits on deployed and non-deployed launchers and warheads.
By 2021, Russia reduced deployed ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers to 527, with the United States at 665. Deployed and non-deployed launchers stood at 742 for Russia and 800 for the United States. Warheads numbered 1458 for Russia and 1389 for the United States.