The West demands from Russia to exclude the United States and the Czech Republic from the list of unfriendly countries.

But on what grounds should Moscow deprive the heroes of the titles they deserve? 

Several interesting decisions were made at the last NATO summit.

For example, the member countries of the alliance confirmed that "Ukraine and Georgia will join NATO."

True, there were no special changes in Ukraine or angry statements from Russia: everyone understood perfectly well that the phrase “someday” was supposed at the end of the official wording.

A phrase that tacitly crowns all the promises of the West to Ukrainians and Georgians regarding their entry into the alliance.

Another hilarious moment was the call to "respect the Vienna Convention" - the one about diplomatic relations. And this appeal was not directed to Latvia, whose foreign minister, with his own little hands, outraged the official flag of Belarus (with which Latvia maintained diplomatic relations), removing it and replacing it with a white-red-white rag of the Belarusian opposition. The members of the alliance were outraged by the actions of Russia, which included the United States and the Czech Republic in the list of unfriendly countries. And, accordingly, they demand from Smolenskaya and Staraya squares, in the words of Anton Semyonovich Shpak from the film "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession", this abusive role should not be applied to the Czech Republic and the States.

In Moscow, this demand was met with surprise. First, what does the Vienna Convention have to do with it? Its provisions require a respectful attitude towards diplomats (no one is persecuting them in Moscow, garbage lustrations are not satisfied, “Your Excellency” does not cancel official appeals to the ambassador), to the principle of the extraterritoriality of the embassy (whose windows are not covered with bricks, walls are not painted with obscene inscriptions, carpets in the living rooms they do not get dirty with the boots of the Russian special forces, and the flags from the diplomatic missions are not torn down by Lavrov or Zakharova). The naming of the state as "unfriendly" does not violate the convention in any way. Yes, along with the naming there are a number of restrictions, however (again) this does not contradict the Vienna Convention in any way. The convention itself establishes a kind of minimum threshold for relations between states, and everything that is above the threshold (special privileges,the number of the diplomatic corps, the quality of the buildings provided, the level of freedom of movement in the host country), depends on the status of bilateral relations.

And with the United States and the Czech Republic, these relations are at an extremely low level.

And Washington and Prague can only blame themselves for this. 

Thus, the American authorities and journalists staged a real hunt for Russian witches in the United States, groundlessly and groundlessly accusing Moscow of hacker attacks on the servers of the Democratic Party, as well as of interfering in the American elections.

After that, the life and work of Russian diplomats in the United States was seriously complicated (it is clear that few American experts and journalists are now ready to meet with Russian diplomats, since they are afraid of accusations of working for the Russians and the issuance of a black mark from the American press, which will quickly turn into a wolf ticket ).

In addition, the United States has closed all Russian consulates (with the exception of the one in Houston).

As for the Czechs, they staged another season of the series "Petrov and Boshirov" there, accusing these alleged GRU spies of explosions in warehouses in 2014.

Again, without any proof - just on the basis of "highlighted like" (they say, Petrov and Boshirov were in the Czech Republic at that time, which means they were definitely blowing up warehouses).

After that, a number of Russian diplomats were kicked out and a new round of European sanctions was demanded.

Moreover, you need to understand that all these actions are only the tip of the iceberg.

In addition to open hostility, the United States and the Czech Republic are systematically subversive against Russia.

The Americans sponsor the Russian non-systemic opposition and related non-governmental organizations (especially actively carrying out this work in the regions).

Organizations where young Russians are taught not about human rights, but about American-style human rights.

The Czech Republic has long become one of the main, if not the main European center for anti-government media broadcasting in Russia. 

And after such "happiness" should these states be considered friendly in Russia?

Or at least neutral?

So the West has nothing to take offense at.

If they want the Czech Republic and the United States to be excluded from this list (and, accordingly, so that no legal restrictions apply to them), then they just need to change the policy.

Stop bullying the Russian Federation, respecting its rights and sovereignty.

The only complaint about this list story is that it is incomplete. The list, we recall, consists of only two heroes, although in fact there should be many more. Ukraine should definitely enter it: Kiev has said and done everything for this. The Russian authorities are somehow too soft with the Ukrainian regime, which has long deserved a complete rupture of diplomatic relations and, possibly, economic ties (with the exception of those related to obligations to third countries, for example, on the transit of hydrocarbons). Following Ukraine, the Baltic countries should be registered, which still allow themselves overt Russophobia. And they do not just allow it, but make it an integral part of statehood. Poles, as well as Bulgarians (following the Czechs, who accused Russia of blowing up military warehouses) should be on the verge of joining. Maybe,after some time Russia will add them to the list. And he will make sure that being on this list is reflected not only in the work of embassies and NGOs. 

So it will be fair.

And it is logical.

And, most importantly, according to the law.

As for Viennese, as for anyone else.

The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.