Russia’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has revealed a shocking revelation that as US authorities, including the FBI searched Russian diplomatic and consular compounds in contravention of the Vienna Conventions, they were on a mission that was utterly surreal.
US authorities have begun raid style searches of diplomatic properties in the United States which are legally the property of the Russian Federation.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has published the first videos of the US authorities inside the Russian properties and promises to publish more as they become available.
Addition videos show men described as FBI workers climbing into ceiling spaces during their search
The photos below show FBI personnel entering the Russian diplomatic property.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has reported that US security services including the FBI intend to search and possibly strip the facilities at the Russian Consulate in San Francisco as well as the residences of Russian diplomats living in the US.
The statement accuses the United States of a gross violation of the Vienna Convention which defines the property of foreign embassies and missions abroad as the sovereign territory of the nation whose embassy is on the property.
The United States has ordered that Russia shut down its Consulate in the major California city of San Francisco.
According to the US State Department:
“In the spirit of parity invoked by the Russians, we are requiring the Russian government to close its Consulate General in San Francisco, a chancery annex in Washington, DC, and a consular annex in New York City. These closures will need to be accomplished by September”.
