China News Service, April 1st. According to a report by Russian Satellite Network on March 31, Russian Ambassador to the United States Antonov stated at the meeting of the Committee of International Affairs of the Russian Federation that Russia-US relations are currently facing the deepest crisis, but Moscow has always Working hard to establish a pragmatic dialogue.

　　According to reports, Antonov said: “Russian-US relations are in the deepest crisis. In recent years, Russia has been actively and continuously striving to improve bilateral relations, and has been actively and continuously striving to establish an equal and pragmatic dialogue based on mutual respect. "

　　Antonov said: “Washington is still (at present) step by step undermining the already precarious and precarious overall structure of the relationship between the two countries. It is also constantly threatening Russia and continuously imposing economic restrictions on Russia."

　　According to the report, Antonov pointed out that in 2020 alone, “the United States imposed more than a dozen rounds of sanctions on Russia. Since 2011, the United States has expanded sanctions against Russia 93 times”; there are more than 350 Russian citizens and 500 Russian entities. Subject to US sanctions.

　　Recently, Russia-US relations have become tense again.

On March 17, the United States expanded its export restrictions to Russia on the grounds that Russia used "illegal nerve agents".

In addition, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence of the United States recently issued a report accusing Russia of attacking Biden’s campaign team during the 2020 US presidential election in an attempt to undermine American voters’ confidence in the election.

According to US media, based on the report, the United States is expected to announce more sanctions against Russia.

　　The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs previously stated that it would recall Russian Ambassador to the United States Antonov for consultations and analysis of US policy and the trend of Russian-US relations.

Russian media sources pointed out that Antonov arrived in Moscow on March 21.