Russia said on Wednesday that relations with the United States were so conflicted that Russian citizens should not travel to the United States, Canada and some EU countries because they risk being “hunted” by the American authorities.
Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said relations with the United States were on the verge of breakdown.
“In the context of the growing confrontation in Russian-American relations, which are on the verge of breakdown through the fault of Washington, travel to the United States of America on a private basis or for official necessity carries serious risks,” he said. declared Ms Zakharova during a press briefing.
“We urge you to continue to refrain from traveling to the United States of America and its allied satellite states, including, first and foremost, Canada and, with few exceptions, countries of the European Union , during these holidays,” she added.
Russian and American diplomats say relations between the two countries are worse than they have been since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, due to disagreements over the war in Ukraine.
Relations reached crisis point last month after Ukraine used U.S. and British missiles to strike Russian territory and Russia lowered its nuclear threshold.
Moscow and Washington accuse each other of detaining citizens on trumped-up and baseless accusations.
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