“The hours-long interrogation by the FBI agents about his journalistic activities is another indication of the campaign of pressure by the American authorities not only on the Russian press, but on any independent opinion about the United States,” Facebook said.
The embassy noted that "as in the story of the RT television channel, official Washington is trying to prevent the United States from bringing objective information about events in the world to the general American public."
It is noted that on the basis of the questions asked by Malkevich, "behind the incident, there is also a desire to create an excuse for new sanctions against Russia."
“We recommend the US authorities to think in what light they are exposing their democracy to persecution of Russian journalists. We demand to stop this practice, ”the embassy said.
Malkevich earlier told FAN, what claims did the American authorities make to him and is he not afraid to return to the United States?
Deputy Chairman of the International Affairs Council of the Federation Council, head of the commission for the protection of state sovereignty, Andrei Klimov, commented on RT about the detention of Russian journalist Alexander Malkevich in the United States.