Russia says talks with U.S. fail to make headway on embassies dispute

[millefleur 5,046]

More bad news. Don't expect the Moscow Embassy to go back to normal any time soon.

 

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Russia says talks with U.S. fail to make headway on embassies dispute

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States failed to make any major progress on Tuesday in resolving a row over the size and functioning of their embassies and there is a risk that relations could worsen further, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

 

With ties already at post-Cold War lows, the two countries are in dispute over the number of diplomats they can post to each other's capitals, though Moscow said it was willing to lift restrictions imposed in recent years.

 

"I cannot say that we have achieved great progress," Interfax news agency quoted Ryabkov as saying after talks in Moscow with U.S. Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland. "There is a risk of a further sharpening of tensions."

 

There was no immediate comment from the U.S. side.

Last week the Russian foreign ministry said a U.S. congressional proposal to expel 300 Russian diplomats from the United States would lead to the closure of U.S. diplomatic facilities in Russia, if implemented.

Read more here: https://news.yahoo.com/moscow-says-no-russia-u-101340578.html

 

And another recent article:

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Three US Embassy employees could be expelled from Russia after they were accused of theft

 

Three U.S. Embassy employees based in Moscow, Russia could face expulsion from the country after they were accused of theft.

 

The Russian foreign ministry alleged on Friday that the employees stole "personal belongings from a Russian citizen," according to the Washington Post. The ministry demanded the staffers have their diplomatic immunity status revoked so that they can face prosecution in Russia or leave the country.

 

The ministry told TASS, a state-owned Russian news organization, that they had notified the US embassy of their request. The ministry did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Read more here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/three-us-embassy-employees-could-be-expelled-from-russia-after-they-were-accused-of-theft/ar-AAPk2KS

Edited October 12, 2021 by millefleur

[JeanneAdil 6,505]

we can compete in sports and work together in international space station 

and can't work together at the embassy level??? 

someone is seriously failing in their job(s)

[millefleur 5,046]

3 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

we can compete in sports and work together in international space station 

and can't work together at the embassy level??? 

someone is seriously failing in their job(s)

The most annoying part is there seems to be no real end goal to solve the problem. It just feels like a stalemate. Each side insists the other isn't cooperating. And given that this affects only a small percentage of the overall population in both countries, I assume it's just regulated to the back burner. There doesn't seem to be any real motivation on either side for them to care about making it better.

 

It's just so weird to me because major US allies like Israel and Germany meanwhile have much better functioning relationships with Russia. It really doesn't seem to make much sense.

[TBoneTX 45,288]

1 minute ago, millefleur said:

the back burner

In other words, Cold War.

[JeanneAdil 6,505]

17 hours ago, millefleur said:

The most annoying part is there seems to be no real end goal to solve the problem. It just feels like a stalemate. Each side insists the other isn't cooperating. And given that this affects only a small percentage of the overall population in both countries, I assume it's just regulated to the back burner. There doesn't seem to be any real motivation on either side for them to care about making it better.

 

It's just so weird to me because major US allies like Israel and Germany meanwhile have much better functioning relationships with Russia. It really doesn't seem to make much sense.

it actually goes back to World War II and the US promises to help Russia and then stalling 

then we welcomed Wernher Von Braun for our space program when Russia wanted him tried for war crimes

 

these old wounds have not healed

 

plus our change of policy with every new administration /  seems to make the US look wishy washy

[TBoneTX 45,288]

14 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

it actually goes back to World War II and the US promises to help Russia and then stalling 

then we welcomed Wernher Von Braun for our space program when Russia wanted him tried for war crimes

Do you have references or citations for this?

[Simplytex 387]

Gotta chime in, that I love how different the media coverage can be depending on where you want to get your news from. 

 

TASS (largest Russian news agency, similar to AP or Reuters), I would say gave it a slightly positive review: https://tass.com/politics/1349391

 

Then you get pieces like this from 'our' news sources, claiming that the Russians were not interested in the talks at all: https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-throws-tantrum-over-crazy-american-women-in-government