“If the Americans are ready to return to the situation that existed before the start of this downward spiral in terms of both the number of diplomatic personnel working in Russia and the United States, and the issuance of visas, which is increasingly difficult.
If they are ready for this, we will be able to restore the norm in our relations literally the next day, "RIA Novosti Ryabkov quotes.
He noted that at the moment, "this has not happened and the calls to attend to this issue do not find a response in Washington."
On April 30, the US Embassy in Russia announced that in connection with the retaliatory measures introduced by Moscow, from May 12, it will provide consular services only to Americans and in respect of a limited number of urgent cases.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on the decision of the US Embassy in Moscow to stop processing applications for nonimmigrant visas.