Deputy Ambassador to the UN Polyansky called absurd US threats to expel Russian Ambassador Antonov

“I saw him (Antonov. -

) in the media saying that the situation really looks like this.

We do not participate in negotiations on bilateral visa concerns with the United States.

I hope that this situation will be resolved, because, of course, such requirements look more than absurd, ”Polyansky said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Earlier, Antonov said that the US State Department raised the issue of his departure from the country if Moscow does not issue visas to the guards of the American ambassador.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov called this precedent a serious threat.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that if "rudeness continues", then Moscow has "reserves" to "really equalize our diplomatic presence."