“You can’t even imagine how the demand for aircraft from the USA went. I recently spoke with our citizens in Miami, they only say one thing: give another board. And every day the number of people wishing to leave is increasing, ”she said in an interview with Parliamentary newspaper.
Zakharova recalled that the situation in the United States was different two weeks ago, when diplomats were mainly involved in organizing export flights with Russians from Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
According to her, despite the “difficult and even tragic” epidemiological situation in the USA, stores were opened there, there was no shortage of food or medicine.
“In the USA, everything seemed more or less in order ... many have relatives and friends there. And suddenly such a situation, protests and looting - and a completely new export component appeared immediately, ”the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Earlier it was reported that the Russians are not among those affected by the riots in the United States.
At the same time, the Russian embassy in Washington recommended Russian citizens in the United States to avoid appearing in places that are in turmoil.
A businessman in California, the owner of a restaurant in San Diego, Hayk Ghazaryan talked with kp.ru about protecting the institution from protesters.
Protests in dozens of US cities began after the death of African-American George Floyd, who died in late May shortly after being detained by police. One of the group of policemen held him, pressing his neck with his knee.