How does Russia protest against the US plan to search the representative office in the US?

According to a comprehensive report on September 3, on September 2, Russia summoned Godfrey, Acting Director of the US Embassy in Russia, to protest against the planned search of the Russian trade representative office in China, which is about to close.

The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying it summoned Godfrey and "submitted a protest note" about the US authorities' intention to search the Russian Trade Representative's office.

The statement said: "We believe that in the absence of Russian officials, the illegal search of Russian diplomatic property planned by the US and the threat of breaking into houses are unprecedented intrusions."

The statement pointed out that "US intelligence agencies will take the opportunity to place information that will damage their reputation in the representative office to launch anti-Russian provocative actions."

It is reported that this Russian representative office in Washington is one of the three diplomatic facilities that the United States ordered Russia to empty on September 2. The other two institutions are the Russian Consulate in San Francisco and the Russian Representative Office in new york.

1 In September, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the US intelligence agencies of planning to search the Russian consulate in San Francisco. On the same day, black smoke emitted from the chimney of the consulate was burned by the staff in the museum, which was confirmed by the local fire brigade.

A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the reason for the smoke was that consular officials took some measures to "protect the building" before preparing to leave.

Recently, the relationship between the United States and Russia has become increasingly tense and diplomatic frictions have continued. In July, the US Congress passed the sanctions bill against Russia and other three countries. Since then, Russia has asked the United States to reduce the number of diplomatic missions in Russia by 755, bringing the number of Russian and American diplomatic missions in the other country to 455, and at the same time prohibiting the US embassy from using many of its properties in Moscow.

On August 3 1, the State Council issued a statement saying that in order to achieve the reciprocity of diplomatic missions, the United States required the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco and two buildings in Washington and new york to be closed before September 2.

In response, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zacharova said in Moscow on September 1 that the United States' request for Russia to close its Consulate General in San Francisco violated international law, and Russia reserved the right to take countermeasures.