Thus, he commented on the appeal of the American embassy to the Russians.

“Against this background, a new wave of calls and speeches by the so-called “Russian intelligentsia” appeared, which can just as well be regarded as treason to the Motherland, as calls for the overthrow of the state system,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

According to Gagin, the time has come to "reissue the order ... Stalin on the creation of" Smersh "- the organization" death to spies ".

Earlier, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, in his Telegram channel, reacted to the appeal of the United States to the Russian people.

According to the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky, the appeal of the US Embassy in Russia to the citizens of the country should be the reason for the proceedings.