Thus, the United States bypasses Russia's bans on the work of the American diplomatic mission in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports.

“Obviously, Russian restrictions are not fully implemented by the Americans.

They are trying to bypass them,” Antonov said.

According to him, today the US Embassy in Moscow employs more than 130 administrative workers who are not US citizens.

Earlier, the US Embassy issued a statement following Tracy's visit to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

It was also reported that Anatoly Antonov called the format of communication between Blinken and Lavrov through representatives abnormal.