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Russia calls the US request to its citizens to leave the country "immediately" as "provocation"

MADRID, 17 Feb.

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Russia calls the US request to its citizens to leave the country "immediately" as "provocation"

MADRID, 17 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Russian government has branded this Friday as a "provocation" the request made on Monday by the United States to its citizens to leave "immediately" Russian territory due to the "unpredictable consequences of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine."

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has denied Washington's allegations of possible "harassment, ill-treatment and arbitrary detention" of Americans in Russia and said that "it is a characteristic of the discriminatory treatment that Russians suffer" in the North American country, as reported by the Russian news agency TASS.

Thus, he has stated that Washington is "encouraging the cancellation of everything Russian" and has denounced a "royal hunt" against Russians who have properties in other countries. "Unfortunately, by falling on the treadmill of punitive justice, the United States risks record convictions and loss of property," he concluded.

The US Embassy in Moscow on Monday issued a new travel advisory to its citizens recommending that they "do not travel" to the proper country, before calling on those already on Russian soil to leave the country "immediately." In addition, it stressed that it has "limited capacity to assist US citizens in Russia."

"Exercise greater caution due to the risk of erroneous arrests," he said, while noting that "Russia could refuse to recognize US dual citizenship, deny access to consular assistance, subject them to mobilization, prevent their departure from Russia or recruit them ". "The Russian government declared martial law in the border regions with Ukraine on October 20, 2022, allowing the rapid introduction of restrictive measures," she warned.

On the other hand, he stressed that "American citizens, including retired or active military or officials and private citizens engaged in business or visiting or residing in Russia have been unreasonably interrogated and threatened by Russian officials and have become victims harassment, ill-treatment and extortion".