Linear reproach

The normalization of Russian-American relations interfere with the "artificially disclosed Russophobic campaign in the USA" and "showdowns in the American establishment." This was stated by the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov in an interview on the eve of the visit of the King of Saudi Arabia Sallman to Moscow.

"The fact that Russian -American relations fell to the current low level, there is no fault of Russia. This is a direct consequence of the policy of the Barack Obama administration, which destroyed the foundation of cooperation, and before leaving, it laid out a long -term mines to complicate the life of its successors," the minister said.

At the same time, Lavrov emphasized that Moscow is not striving for confrontation. “We do not succumb to emotions and show restraint. We take into account the difficult domestic political realities in which we have to work with the new administration. But we cannot leave unanswered steps unanswered as, for example, the adoption of the“ Act on Combating the opponents of America through sanctions, ”the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted.

In addition, Lavrov accused the coalition led by the United States of provocations against the Russian military in Syria. “In Syria, there are a lot of questions to the US forces. There are allegedly inadvertently hit the Syrian aircraft, after which the Igilovites go into a counterattack, they“ teach ”other terrorists to strategically important points where the legal power of the official Damascus was restored, they will arrange deadly provocations against our military,” the minister said.

Lavrov noted that the international coalition is an “uninvited guest in Syria”, and that the government of this country “shows patience as long as the coalition’s actions are aimed at combating terrorists.”

On Tuesday, accepting the credentials of the new US ambassador to Russia John Huntsman, President Vladimir Putin called the state of bilateral relations unsatisfactory . "We are playing for constructive, predictable and mutually beneficial cooperation. We are convinced that it should be the strict adherence to the principles of equality, respect for national interests, non -interference in internal affairs," Putin said at the ceremony in the Kremlin.