Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday, accused the United States of being responsible for the conflict in Ukraine, during the ceremony for accepting the credentials of the new US ambassador, Lynn Tracy.
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“The relations between Russia and the United States, on which the security and stability of the world depends, are unfortunately going through a deep crisis,” Putin said during a ceremony in the Kremlin.
the Russian president said, referring to the 2014 revolution that brought down the then-existing pro-Moscow force in Ukraine.
We have always supported the establishment of Russian-American relations based exclusively on the principles of justice, respect for the sovereignty and interests of the other side, and non-interference in internal affairs. “We will be guided by this in the future,” Putin added.
Soon after, Putin lectured the European Union by accepting the credentials of Brussels’ new ambassador, Frenchman Roland Gallaraghi.
«L’Union européenne a été à l’origin d’une confrontation geopolitique avec la Russie», a accusé M. Poutine, constatant que les relations avec l’UE, un soutien crucial de l’Ukraine, «se sont fortement détériorées ces Last few years”.
These statements illustrate the ongoing diplomatic crisis between Russia and Western countries due to the conflict in Ukraine, and their relations have deteriorated, without interruption, as has not happened since the end of the Cold War.
Thus, the presentation of the credentials of the new ambassador to the United States comes a week after the arrest of the American journalist Ivan Gershkovitch in Russia on charges of “espionage”, which was rejected by the White House.
Lynn Tracy, a Russian-speaking professional diplomat who has worked in Russia and many other former Soviet republics, was officially appointed last September by US President Joe Biden to this very sensitive position.
Ms. Tracy replaced John Sullivan, an appointee of former President Donald Trump who left office last summer for family reasons.
In fact, diplomacy has been taking over its new duties for several weeks now.
At the end of January, when she went to the Russian Foreign Ministry to present a copy of her credentials, she was greeted by demonstrators shouting anti-American slogans.
The new ambassador inherits particularly complex files, chief among them the conflict in Ukraine and the fate of Americans held in Russia.
In December, Russia released American basketball star Brittney Grenier in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is imprisoned in the United States.
