Russian Consulate General in New York threatened with Molotov cocktails

“Once we were informed that we would be bombarded with Molotov cocktails,” he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Slavkin added that an email about "mining" was received last week, which later turned out to be false.

“As far as we know, the Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN also received such a letter.

It said that all Russian institutions (in the USA. -

) were planted with bombs, ”he said.

According to him, diplomats receive daily threats by e-mail, threatening phone calls in both Russian and English.

“We have introduced an enhanced service of duty commandants who provide security.

All the goods that come to us are now carefully checked.

The police provide security,” the diplomat said.

Earlier, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that the work of the Russian embassy in Washington was blocked by the US authorities.