Embassy of the Russian Federation on Wisconsin Ave NW in Washington DC. This complex includes 169 apartments as well as embassy functions. (Wikimedia)
CNN: U.S. military officials snub Russian Embassy
Washington (CNN)The Russian Embassy held its annual celebration of Armed Forces Day Thursday night in Northwest Washington -- but this year, things were a bit different.
In a departure from tradition, representatives from both the U.S. military and NATO were no-shows.
"They had a room set aside with photos of all their newest military equipment -- all kinds of their latest and greatest stuff," one attendee told CNN. "But there were no U.S. officials there to show it off to."
Embassy spokesman Yury Melnik said both were invited, as usual. He could not offer an explanation as to why neither attended but told CNN he was looking into it.
But a Pentagon spokesman provided a rationale.
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WNU Editor: This just means more left-overs from the all you can eat buffet for the staff.
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