We are in the calculation

Russia will not fall to the level of "kitchen" diplomacy and take response measures in the form of expulsion of the US Embassy and restricting their access to places of rest. This is stated in a statement by Vladimir Putin, published by the Kremlin press service.

The Russian president regarded the new American sanctions as "provocative, aimed at the further breakdown of Russian-American relations." However, according to Putin, Moscow hopes to change the situation after the inauguration of the elected president Donald Trump.

"Leaving the right to response, we will not fall to the level of" kitchen ", irresponsible diplomacy and further steps to restore Russian -American relations, we will build based on the policy that the administration of President Trump will pursue," the statement said.

"We will not create problems for American diplomats. We will not send anyone. We will not forbid their families and children to use the familiar places of rest for them on New Year's holidays. Moreover, I invite all children of American diplomats accredited in Russia to the New Year and Christmas tree to the Kremlin," the document says.

On the eve of the US State Department announced the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats from the country and the closure of two “embassy cottages” in New York and Maryland. In addition, the US Treasury imposed sanctions against GRU, the FSB of three of his deputies and two Russian hackers. GRU, FSB and three companies specializing in computer safety also fell under restrictive measures. It was noted that these actions were taken "within the framework of complex measures in response to Russia's intervention in the elections in the United States and in connection with the persecution of our diplomats abroad."

President Barack Obama said that all Americans should be concerned about the actions of Russia. "These embezzlement of data and the disclosure of information could be carried out only under the guidance of the highest levels of the Russian government," he said.

In Russia, they painfully reacted to these sanctions. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed regret that the Obama administration was completing his term with "anti-Russian agony." Medvedev added the abbreviation RIP to the message published on personal Twitter , which is deciphered as REST in PEACE ("resting with the world"). Such inscriptions are usually applied to tombstones.

On Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry made an offer to the president to declare 35 American diplomats by persons Non Grata . The head of the department, Sergei Lavrov, said that 31 employee of the embassy in Moscow and four from the Consulate General in St. Petersburg will be sent from Russia.

“Of course, we cannot leave such antics unanswered, reciprocity is the law of diplomacy and international relations,” Lavrov emphasized. “In addition, it is proposed to forbid the Americans to use their cottages in Silver Bor and their warehouse on the Street Dorozhny”

The minister emphasized that the US accusations of Russia's intervention at the state level in the election are unfounded. "The outgoing American administration of Barack Obama, accusing Russia of all mortal sins, trying to blame us for the failure of its foreign policy initiatives, unreasonably made additional accusations that the Russian side at the state level intervened in the US election campaign, as a result of which the democratic candidate was defeated," Lavrov said.