"Of course, I understood how famous our American colleagues are for this kind of thing, but I was sure that this time, given the attention that was drawn to their ugly behavior, everything would be different. I was wrong, the country that calls itself the strongest, the smartest, the freest, the fairest, chickened out, did stupidity, but showed what its sworn assurances about the protection of freedom of speech, access to information and so on are worth," Lavrov told reporters.
He added that representatives of Russia will have to work for journalists and put more effort to convey the truth to the world community.
"The most important thing, rest assured, we will not forget, we will not forgive," the minister stressed.
On April 23, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the United States still did not issue visas to Russian journalists to fly to New York for a meeting of the UN Security Council, despite the fact that the American embassy announced "work on this."
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov sharply condemned the behavior of the United States. According to him, the country lied about working on American visas.