According to him, this is not a matter of the Kremlin, but a matter of the regime of stay of American diplomats in Russia.
“You know that there are certain procedures related to the notification system related to trips, there is also a regime of certain territories, enterprises that everyone must follow, and there is the work of our respective services that provide this regime,” he told reporters.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that they would send a note to Washington in connection with the incident.
According to the foreign ministry, the United States notified the Russian Ministry of Defense of plans to visit Arkhangelsk, but in the end, diplomats "ended up on the Nenoks-Severodvinsk train."