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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 current US actions demonstrate an atmosphere of hostility against Russia that is if anything elevated from that which transpired under Barack Obama.
Below is the statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry in full:
“On August 31, US authorities announced unprecedented measures to restrict the activities of Russian diplomatic and consular missions in the United States . We were asked to close one of the largest general consulates in San Francisco and shut down visa, notarial and other consular services to Russian and US citizens living in several densely populated states for two days. The US has also prescribed to immediately cessation of the activities of the Trade Mission in Washington and its branch in New York. The requirements for the movement of Russian diplomats and official delegations are becoming much tougher.
This step represents a new gross violation of international law, including US obligations under the Vienna Conventions on diplomatic and consular relations. It even surpasses what it was thought of earlier in Washington, including the expropriation by the Administration of Barack Obama in December last year, despite the immunity, of the residential complexes of the Russian Embassy and the Permanent Mission to the United Nations .
In addition to the regular raider seizure of expensive Russian state property, which we have been urged to sell after they (the FBI) blocked access to such property, this time the demands of the US authorities create a direct threat to the safety of Russian citizens. American intelligence agencies set out on September 2 to conduct a search at the Consulate General in San Francisco , including in the apartments of employees residing in his building and having immunity, for which they ordered that they and their families, including minors and even infants, vacate within 12 hours. This is an invasion of the consular establishment and the home of diplomatic workers, and they are left to fend for themselves, so as not to interfere with the FBI agents.
With such defiant actions, the US continues to burden the already difficult atmosphere of the bilateral dialogue, undermining opportunities for cooperation, including in the interests of solving pressing international problems.
It is especially depressing that tens of thousands of ordinary citizens of both countries, far from the political situation, will suffer from such measures. The US demonstrates that they have absolutely no interest in the development of ties between people-first they stopped issuing visas to Russians in their consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok, and now they deprive Americans of the opportunity to obtain Russian visas to San Francisco. In essence, this is a continuation of the same line of the Obama Administration, according to which, in 2013, the FBI intimidated American participants in study trips to Russia, organized through Rossotrudnichestvo, and in 2016 the State Department stripped five of our honorary consuls in different states, actively engaged in the expansion of public (in this case educational) exchanges.
We strongly protest against Washington’s actions that ignore international law, and, as is customary in diplomatic practice, reserve the opportunity for retaliatory measures. This is not our choice. It has been imposed upon us”.
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Oh, boy, I WONDER what they will find!!!!!!!!!!!! Something that will interest Mueller, I’m guessing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m sure that that is sarcasm….. I think.
Once again, the USSA proves itself to be a dangerous, out-of-control rogue state. The UN must loudly and strongly issue sanctions against the USSA for gross misconduct of international law. If they don’t…. then it proves that the UN is worthless, or worse yet, a puppet of the aforementioned USSA.
You need more proof?
If they don’t find it they will manufacture it…they need a spy…a fall guy….I feel thats why they gave them such short time to move out…to corner them…they want a fall guy…there is a kid in Canada where I live that is Russian and they are extraditing him to the US for the Hack that never happened…they don’t care if he is innocent they just want it on the news…and never cover it to find out..social programming.
Poor kid.
A kid? I’ll assume he’s a teenager then. They’re going to ruin his future, that’s really sad mate.
Ashes
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-01/firefighters-scramble-after-smoke-pours-russian-consulate-chimney-san-francisco
Especially if they go planting.
they will find any thing they want to plant, they are famous for “false flags”, mark my words !!!!
Mueller the FBI point man for the Cheney/Silverman take-down of the WTC? Whatever makes you think that?
And Russia in its supreme idiocy will keep believing that somehow, sometime, it will become partner with the US, a US hellbent on subjugating it..
they will continue that policy to show the world how the real America works…not for them and thats for sure…NSA spying on Merkel and Germany..and everyone else…the sanctions that hurt Europe…the immigration started by US wars hurting Europes social programs….I wish Europe would wake up to what has been done…
It will not wake up because it is vassal to the US after WW2. No matter how much Russia assumes the role of the martyr, nothing will change. Only if it goes on the offensive can it change anything.
You want to wage nuclear war?
I think a preemptive nuclear strike on the rogue state called the USA is totally justified now .
No, let the US go down of its own accord, drowning in its greed for power.
Ah, sure, because the only way Russia can defend itself is by “waging nuclear war”? Where exactly did I write anything about war?
Or is this the way an argument you do not agree with is treated on this site-by resorting to pathetic sophistry?
Then what “offensive” did you have in mind?
BTW: An “OFFENSIVE” by definition is not defensive.
More sophistry? How predictable..Still.. A few ideas-Finally shutting down the US consulate in Kaliningrad which is a nest of spies. More aggressively purging US NGOs that undermine state stability inside Russia. Threatening to recognize DNR, LNR sovereignty if Ukraine keeps shelling civilian areas. Openly talk about the persecution Russians suffer in Estonia. A few more..”advanced” ideas-providing Iran with the weapons that it desires, refusing to accept a Kurdish statelet within Syria and directly targeting FSA forces. Supporting the Syria/Iran plan to go for Idlib, the last terrorist stronghold. Not playing ball with the US over North Korea and openly support… Read more »
I remember seeing Caesar Milan, the “Dog Whisperer”, dealing with a frightened and potentially aggressive animal not by direct confrontation, but by entering its cage backwards, ie in a non-confrontational way. The dog was unable to react aggressively; instead, it began to sniff Milan’s back, as dogs do. I think this is Putin’s general idea; ie to get behind the US, and outmanouevre it, thus saving the entire world from the consequences of a US-instigated world war. This man is working for all of us ceaselessly; let us support him in all he does; he is the only person standing… Read more »
One step at a time. ISIS is nearing extinction.
I find your argument simplistic. The fact that Russia does not behave like a thug and a psychopath in the international arena means that it has returned to its 1000 year old roots and traditions, as the USA devolves to total rubbish barbarism and rogue state status. Two early way-stations on its long road to Hell.
Indeed! Russia should react to these stupid and childish U$ provocations!
I think you completely misunderstand Putin and Russia.
Remember the old adage, “Keep your friends close, but your enemies even closer”.
Do not imagine for a single second that the RF has any illusions whatsoever about the Empire of Evil.
Russian elites-Putin might be a fine specimen amongst them but he remains one of them-have long dreamed of one thing-becoming part of the game as equals, becoming “accepted”. In that sense yes, even Putin has a certain degree if not of illusions but certainly of false hopes. The latest manifestation of these is the notion that EU can become free of US control and Russia can help it achieve that.
It doesn’t believe that for a moment. Russian authorities are far more cognisnent of U.S. attitudes and stupidity that the U.S. is of Russia. The U.S. acts as it does because it believes there wii be no repercussions to it’s actions.
Hopefully you are correct..
9/11 the building! Oh wait! you have to be american to do that!
Oh my. They have gone mental.
Everything they do now, will only be done back at them….and not just by Russia.
Gosh, what will we find in the US consulate in St Petersburg…. actually nothing that we don’t already know 😉 but wait until someone like Turkey or Philippines etc etc pull this same stunt. Now that will be interesting !!
https://youtu.be/dYTfzfsbiUI
Cheers, I do like seeing him laugh.
He laughs well… who laughs last.
PS – just to show how stupid childish and short sighted this decision was; Zerohedge are reporting smoke from the SF consulate – so the Russians are burning stuff in a panic. Hilarious right?
But therefore just what are the consulates of the US in Russia doing right now ?!? – even though Russia has said/done nothing. Exactly the same thing !! Self inflicted wounds. Pathetic.
Don’t think US Diplomats are that bright and no doubt believe that Russia will say nought and come crawling. Like I said, they do not appear to be the brightest bulbs in the box or have the ability to look outside the box.
If Taft, McFail and Knudlemann are examples they are the dregs of humanity.
As if Russia were stupid enough to keep anything in any consulate in view of the Kindergarten on LSD that used to be the USA going rogue.
C’mon Simon.
I love your quote from the Saker!
Yes I should give credit but in the heat of battle… And Saker is generous I know.
https://www.rt.com/usa/401790-russian-consulate-smoke-twitter/
This is what has brought on Putins anouncement of getting the BRICS independant trading policy going at a guess,
I agree…the potential new members from Asia and Pacifica can be a threat to the US buck and IMF
22after.com is coming
The U$ is inching closer and closer to declare all out war with the Russian Federation.
Be careful for what you wish for, this time war will NOT exclude the U$ mainland!
Наконец-то….
Davno pora.
Это точно.
Ruca! Say something that I can reply to with the totally over the mountains cool and classy Russian ‘nu’
Pozhalujsta!
Speaking as an American I sure hope your sentence is correct. I’m at a loss as to what it will take to awaken the 80+ percent of Americans out of their stupor short of getting back the Karma for what their government has done to others worldwide for decades.
As is so often said, Karma is a bitch!
looks like they are all waiting for mushroom clouds.
Great movements in geopolitics never proceed from, or depend upon, hoi polloi; instead, upon a few brave men, and possibly women.
This United States is best characterized as a rabid animal; against which, there is only one last line of defence.
The neocons must be taken out.
Well, as the saying goes – against stupidity even the gods themselves fight in wain!
Or also, whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad…
Q U A R A N T I N E
Think we might need more than 40 days to achieve the objective.
But who knows, once the cards start to fall, the end comes swiftly.
So true. Russia has many ways to execute such a task.
Acting like the spoiled brat….stupid is what stupid does….I can’t imagine a nation of people who voted any guy in…not see that their country is ruled by something else…its all lip service up to the election and then shtf….and then they look at the littlest event or situation to praise the dufus they voted in…I’m not talking just about Trump…I mean them all…there is more negative shit going on hidden by stories like this…immature move…to hide something else like the BRICS meetings and who just might join that group
Yet another declaration of war on Russia. Funny, how Washington DC cannot get around to telling the tax payer and people of America that they have officially declared war on Russia. There again, is that because the people will not accept it? Can you imagine the hysteria if Russia had done similar? Bearing in mind, Russia waited 9 months, before responding to Obama’s declaration of war, back in December 2016. When he threw out 35 Russian Diplomats and families, with a couple of days notice, just before Christmas and confiscated the Russian property, belonging to the Embassy. This act, has… Read more »
So one would expect condemnation from the UN in the strongest terms and that the US envoy to the UN be summoned before the Security Council to explain why his country has blatantly flouted the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
I believe that this task falls on the current Secretary General of the UN.
“According to Article 99, they (postholders of UN Secretary General) may notify the Security Council on matters
which “in their opinion may threaten the maintenance of international
peace and security”
Would that be Nikki Haley? You can just see how that would go down, if they bothered doing anything. Just cannot understand how the US gets away with so many crimes against international law and then ramps up the next stage.
Maybe because the UN itself is entirely dependent upon the good offices of the US. If they speak a word out of turn, and as Mr Trump has already threatened, all servicing of the agency, and access to its property in NYC, will be withdrawn, and we will once more be returned to a bloodier and more desperate stage in mankind’s history. My own suspicion is that the jew seeks this outcome; and will propose that their reconstituted Sanhedrin should take over all the legal functions once subsumed under the UN charter. At which time, the Palestinians will need to… Read more »
You make a good case for moving the UN out of New York and the USA.
I suggest moving it to Ireland.
Beneath the gentle influence of a few pints of Dublin-brewed Guinness, the world will become a kinder and a happier place.
Yeah that capital Cunt. I couldn’t believe what what came from her mouth the 1st time yet alone anything after. Such an embarrassment.
Oh that’s just for the rest of the world, you know the “real world”, eh !!!!!!
More proof the the signature of the United States on an official international treaty has the same value as used toilet paper.
The US is a completely lawless entity, as we are reminded on a moment-by-moment, hour-by-hour, day-by-day, and week-by-week basis.
This entity is returning humanity to the law, not of God, but the law of the jungle.
An extremely dangerous wild beast; that can only be chained, and placed under constant observation.
It shows itself to be capable of literally anything, including the ending of all life on earth.
Th American public is 99% completely distracted, and now the main “attraction” is news about the hurricane. I cant imagine that this is on their MSM news and even if it was, Americans have no idea what it means!
Thanks for legal information. But these anti-Russians are specialists in selling intoxicating lies to their citizens.They were successful in fooling the USA and NATO populations to accept that Sadam Hussein had WMD. And the blind population believed the lies from Bush to Trump passing over 8 years of Obama. Then Libya then Syria then Ukraine then Russia. Neocolonialism dearest brothers and sisters.This time the world war is not cold not hot but warm and temperature is increasing daily.
So true. I know “Christians” that still believe that the WMD’s went to Syria. Good luck reasoning with that lot.
So they can plant false evidence, like a beat cop planting drugs on a minorty to bust him.
The things the FBI do to give Mueller a helping hand. There again, should they find or plant anything in the Russian Consulate, as it is illegal, in accordance with the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, would they be able to use it?
The USA now, ignores the Law, Treaties, Agreements, Constitution, and reality.
I know the CIA ids the main suppler of illegal drugs to the American people, but the butt wipes at the top must get the pure stuff, cause reality and Washington Dc ain’t had nothing to do with one another in over a hundred years.
Interesting that you quote a figure of one hundred years.
This would seem to coincide with the establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913.
Everything has been downhill from then on.
The jew has taken over the US nervous system, and the maddened beast has run amok ever since.
Actually, 118 years.
Que ??
1899 it was installed by the Daughters of the Confederacy.
The USA is above all laws. Habeas Corpus is dead and their War on Reality has been won.
John, you may well be right, but fortunately we KNOW (‘reset’ button) that the CIA/State Dep can’t even speak Russian at a convincing enough standard to make such fake evidence 😉
The state goons were more intelligent when i was a young fart.
US IQ is in the single digits I fear. Certainly Russian and global IQ is two digits higher.
Mike Adams of the “fake news” website Natural News says that the US is in the grip of what he describes as Vaccine Madness; ie a mass poisoning of its citizenry with mercury.
I think he may well be right.
The background radiation and Fluoride has not helped.
True.
There are many sources of background toxicity; but one of them, ie mercury, is specifically targeted at the infant and the child.
Mercury is highly neurotoxic; and in conjunction with fluoride, lead, etc, produces a perfect storm of IQ-damaging propensity.
Neither does CIANN. I was reading the Jew-translated alleged Minutes of the Wannsee Conference. They are total forgeries and rubbish.
It’s not evidence which is required, as we know.
Propaganda works by repetition, not by facts or evidence.
There is an article on Zero Hedge and the comments are hilarious, Thanks Simon for the link, but, could not reply to your comment as it has gone.
‘…It remains to be determined if the NYT or the WaPo will report some time around 7pm on Friday, citing unnamed NSA/CIA/Deep State sources, that among the items burned were Donald Trump’s official KGB recruiting papers, videotapes of the president enjoying golden showers from Russian hookers and, of course, a first lien on the US granted to Vladimir Putin….’ Zero Hedge.
Those are exactly the items which the FBI Gestapo will ‘find’. They are running scared. They know that they stand together or they hang apart. The secret motto of the US since its inception. This time I think they will hang.
A prelude to a false flag.
26 September 2017 the US debt ceiling implodes, or the printers start working again. The last time was May and just after the 59 tomahawks were sent to Syria, following the false flag. No doubt there will be many false flag attempts and antagonising super powers. Also BRICS summit (remember 2014, when President Putin was flying back on 17 July 2014. What is on the menu, besides taking down the $USD currency reserve?
So obvious : the 17 of July 2014,MH 17’s mistaken identity by UA Airforce as being the Aeroflot flight with Mr.Putin onboard. That was an act of War by the UA/US Puppet Government. A friend of mine,his wife and daughter died that day a horrible death.
Condolences for your loss 🙁
Thank you very much. He was a good man,Senator for a Dutch political party. They were on the wrong plane in the wrong place. The truth will be known only after many years when our US loving government lackeys are no longer in place.
Are you suggesting that the Tomahawks were launched as a quid pro quo so the debt ceiling would be raised?
If so, then we should expect some particularly devastating attack on civilization on or around 26th September this year.
Maybe a jew invasion of Syria, backed up by full US military support.
Netty has been making ominous-sounding remarks in that regard recently.
Russia has just laughed at his “fears”.
What’s with the constant use of the word Jew?
I use the “jew” form of the word, to show my contempt for them.
In case you didn’t know, they entirely control the US, and direct its foreign and domestic policy.
Ditto with the European governments.
If you agree with that F & D policy, then I have the same contempt for you.
Oh dear. So every Jew is in the U.S. GOVT. deep state by your reckoning. I know some who most definitely are not. Ultimately when people are that far removed from being human, it does not matter what race, religion or ideology they hold. There are plenty of others who lust for power and control as a very small minority of Jews or rather Zionists. Your arguments make a lot of sense but to blame it ALL on one people demeans your treatise.
I don’t blame it all on one people in quite the sense you mean.
I acknowledge the existence of the so-called “Righteous Gentile”, ie the goy who performs the bidding of his jewish master; the likes of McSwine and Lindsay Gayam come to mind, as does the vilest of men, John Hagee.
But overall, this is a jewish plan, cooked up since the beginning, and co-opting all and sundry into its satanic web of lies, murders, thefts, and blasphemies.
Look up the Oded Yinon Plan. Be enlightened.
Wow…..makes me proud to be an american…..!!!!!!
Russia should order the closure of US Consulates in St.Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Vladivostok. Anyway, they serve no purpose anymore, as they stopped delivering visas. Vladivostok US Consulate is staffed almost exclusively with CIA operatives, busy of snooping around Russia’s Far East military zone.
and seize all of the contents in said Consulates….
A stupid and desperate act of the increasingly impotent and delusional power. Really feel sorry for the good, kind, creative and so many ways great American people.
Shut down the US neo-liberal spy dens down in Vladivistok and St. Petersburg. US extremists violate internationally agreed upon diplomatic norms.
Time to finally plant that ‘missing evidence’ of Trump’s collusion with the Kremlin, and anything else that the US Gestapo decides to pull out of its ass.
I have been calling for Quarantine of the USA for many months now.
The time has finally arrived. I would also seriously consider a preemptive nuclear strike on the US – that is certainly what they are planning for Russia and China. I would also recommend immediately installing nuclear armed missiles for the protection of Cuba and Venezuela as well as Iran.
Mueller was the point man for the Larry Silverstain-Duck Cneney demolition of the WTC.
When he was brought on board for the Deep State attack on Trump I knew it was all over.
What is interesting is that instead of lying low, Mueller chose the lure of more mass evil and came back to finish the destruction of the USA.
Iran Russia China have one option now. Quarantine followed by a nuclear strike on Washington.
Or better yet, a nuclear strike followed by Quarantine.
Karma is finally coming to the Indispensable State.
Quarantine the USA and ISISrael.
Donald trump has got a permanent concrete thing up his a**e.
It seems like Donald Trump Has got a Concrete Pillar permanently up his A**e and Nikki Haley seems to be in a permanent state of Orgasmic Delirium. IMHO she is the stupidest representative of the US in the UN. Sarah Palin is an intelligent Queen compared to her. The POTUS is itching for a showdown. N.Korea or Russia because he cannot talk,doesn’t have a clue about diplomacy and is hell bent on taking the world back to the Stone Ages. You elected this creep, people of the US, now bear the fruits of your stupidity.
lol it might be true indeed
I’d like to know who at the Department of State is driving the Russia witch hunt? I don’t think it is Tillerson because he realizes Exxon Mobil and all of the US oil and gas service companies are never going to work in Russia again.
If the US was a democratic state would they not be investigating Comey instead?
Expect them to find some signed statement from Trump declaring the US is now part of the Russian federation…
“We strongly protest against Washington’s actions that ignore international law, and, as is customary in diplomatic practice, reserve the opportunity for retaliatory measures. This is not our choice. It has been imposed upon us”.
As impeccable and necessary as the ministry’s statement may be, merely protesting has become futile. The Empire does not wish to have normal, decent relations with Russia. From now on, it needs be shown immediately and unequivocally, by Russia, that in every such instance, those silly, infantile games only turn out to be extremely detrimental to said Empire.
tRump shows he is a useless POS yet again.
The US is the primary cause of the animosity between the Russia and the US.
USA the MAFIA country… lawless and evil… desperate as they know they have lost all…
At some stage Russia will finally realize that the Empire is exceptionally insane, and can no longer be dealt with.
I think that Russia does not care either way……… they probably having fun……… at the stupidity of amirikis….lol……….. Just close Russian air space to anything flying out of usa….. nice easy move.
Fortunately, for my fellow Americans, Russia will conduct itself honorably, and ignore our infantile outbursts. However, at some stage Russia will become weary of waiting for America to grow up.
Why put up with this? Close all the embassies, do the same to US embassies in Russia and kick out ALL Americans – except the Ambassador, his immediate family, his cook, his maid and his chauffeur. OUT!
Only a blind man won’t be able to evaluate such a move as aggressive and provocative. God bless we have a President as cool and tolerant as Putin. If one day Kim Jong Un gets angry well bye bye USA. Kim is not as patient as Putin. Now every Russian must behave as patriots. Each and everyone in Russia. The haters of Russia are not sleeping. But dear friends the Truth will triumph not Trump or NWO.
This is a move of uncontrolled desperation by the USA. The USA is loosing it.
A few hours for the US Special Services to take a break from fondling children in airports is good for everyone, except them of course.
I am so mortified by this behaviour on the part of the US government. Our government has no dignity; the members behave like spoiled children, just breaking things because we have been faced with the repercussions of Mr. Obama throwing out the Russian diplomats with 36 hours notice last Christmas! The Russians ordered the the several hundred so-called diplomats from the USA out of the their country but they gave them a month to leave. In a snit about this our government threw out more Russian diplomats with 12 hours notice – and now they are in their homes trashing… Read more »
The US government is the greatest purveyor of violence in the world. Martin Luther King jr obsevered this when the US Elites were dropping nearly 7 million tons of bombs on Vietnam. Sadly many citizens went along with this atrocity, with the conditioning of Main Media as usual.