Diplomats' safety

Moscow denies Washington Post report on alleged attack on US diplomat

The Washington Post’s article on alleged use of force against a US diplomat on the part of Russian law enforcers contradicts facts, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said while commenting on the publication’s article of June 29.

"Unfortunately, the Washington Post newspaper has recently been actively used by the Department of State and US special services for distribution of distorted or blatantly false information on ‘clampdowns’ that American diplomats allegedly are subjected to in Russia," Zakharova said.

"The article published June 29 went as far as inventions about an 'attack' on one of them by an ‘FSB guard’," she said.

In reality, Zakharova said, overnight to June 6, a taxi drove over to the US embassy compound, and an unknown man in a hat that closed his face ran out of it and ran to the entrance. The Russian policeman on duty there wanted to check the ID of the suspicious person to make sure he presents no threat to the diplomatic mission...