Zakharova stated that unknown people penetrated on the “cottages” of the Russian diplomatic mission in the United States closed by Washington

The Russian side has "clear data" that unknown people penetrated the territory of the US authorities previously used by the diplomats of the Russian Federation. On Thursday, June 1, said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova in an interview with RIA Novosti and Sputnik at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg (PMEF).

“Who are these people, why did they penetrate there, what they did there is unknown. They carried it out, introduced? What did they do there, we don’t know,” Zakharova said. According to her, for six months, Russian experts who are responsible for the safety of buildings do not have access to sealed objects.

At the end of December 2016, the administration of the former US President Barack Obama imposed sanctions against Russia due to the alleged intervention of Moscow in the November elections and “pressure on American diplomats” working in the Russian Federation.

In particular, the Russian side closed access to two residential complexes - the so -called suburban summer householdmanship in New York and the embassy in Washington, which are diplomatic property of the Russian Federation. Moscow reported that both "cottages" served for relaxation and festive receptions. However, according to the version voiced by Obama, the buildings "were used by Russian employees for intelligence purposes." In the Russian Foreign Ministry, Washington’s actions were called "a legal bias in the country of lawyers."

On Thursday, Zakharova reminded that the attitude of the USA to the USA is the “foundation of the basics of the life of American society”. She clarified that we are talking about two objects that have "diplomatic immunity": since the 1950s in New York and since the 1970s-in Washington. Zakharova emphasized that before the "revolutionary" Obama, no US administration asked questions about the status of these objects. At the same time, "we are talking about a large democratic state, about the legal state, which is based on the inviolability of private property," she said.

Moscow may demand from Washington to compensate for the damage from illegally blocking Russian property, Zakharova told RIA Novosti while visiting the MIA Russia today at PMEF. According to her, "this will depend on how negotiations go." “We still do not know the official position of the new administration on this issue. There were only preliminary negotiations. There were no contacts, but not many,” Zakharova noted.

“This is a matter of both financiers and engineers. Naturally, the issue of costs is somehow on the agenda,” the representative of the Foreign Ministry summed up. The department emphasized that the United States has not yet transferred proposals to Russia to resolve the situation with diplomatic facilities, although Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed this issue.

WP: The Trump administration is going to return to Russia blocked buildings, but on certain conditions

Meanwhile, The Washington Post wrote the day before, with reference to sources that the US presidential administration Donald Trump was taking steps towards Russia returning two diplomatic buildings. However, before making the final decision, possible restrictions on Russian activities within their limits are considered, including the deprivation of objects of diplomatic immunity.

As stated in the article quoted by Inopressa , without the inviolability of the premises will be considered "like any other buildings in the United States and they will not prohibit the access of American law enforcement agencies."

In early April, the Trump administration informed the Russian side that she would consider the return of property if Moscow ceases to block the construction of a new US consulate in a particular land of land in St. Petersburg. Later, the Secretary of State Rex Tillerson informed the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak at a meeting in Washington that the United States had changed his mind.

The day before, the assistant to the President of Russia Yuri Ushakov expressed the hope that Washington will adjust the decision on sanctions involving blocking Russian assets and property.

In turn, Tillerson's senior adviser Robert Hammond said that "the United States and Russia have not reached any agreements" regarding the fate of the arrested buildings. According to him, the next meeting at a high level of representatives of the two governments will be held in June in St. Petersburg.

Russian buildings - an estate with an area of ​​14 acres (5.7 hectares) on Long Island and several buildings on a secluded section along the Korsik River on the eastern bank of Maryland - were in Russian property since the time of the USSR, recalls WP. According to the property registered in Maryland in 1995, the former Soviet Union transferred property in Maryland in the possession of the Russian Federation in 1995 for a fee of one dollar.

At a press conference at the Russian embassy in Washington, after a meeting with Tillerson and Trump on May 10, Lavrov said about the closure of these objects: "Everyone, and especially the Trump administration, realizes that these actions were illegal." Then the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said: "The dialogue between Russia and the United States is now free from the ideology that he was different under the Obama administration."