Employees of the US Embassy who violate the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and abuse their status will end their stay in Moscow ahead of schedule. US ambassador to Moscow, Lynne Tracy, who arrived at the ministry, was told that any steps by Washington aimed at inciting discord and enmity in Russian society would be severely suppressed.
Also, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia expressed a strong protest to the US ambassador because of statements in support of publicist Vladimir Kara-Murza *. On April 17, the Moscow City Court sentenced the publicist to 25 years in prison in the case of treason and fakes about the Russian army.