RT: Moscow hands in note of protest to US over plan to search trade mission in Washington
Russia has summoned the deputy chief of mission of the US Embassy in Moscow to lodge a note of protest over US plans to search the Russian trade mission in Washington, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Anthony F. Godfrey was summoned to the ministry on Saturday, it said in a statement, adding that Russian diplomats have been denied access to the trade mission building despite it being owned by Russia and protected by diplomatic immunity.
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WNU editor: Usually when a diplomatic post is closed for an indefinite period of time .... it is shuttered and sealed, and a representative of another country that is friendly to the affected nation will assume responsibility for its upkeep and security (i.e. making sure that the "seals" are maintained and that the building is in good condition). This U.S. action will now mean that the building will not be secured, and the assumption is going to be made that listening devices and other surveillance equipment have been installed. When the nation that owns the building returns .... and I am willing to bet that one day this Russian trade mission office will be re-opened .... the building will essentially be gutted and rebuilt to make sure that no spy equipment has been left behind. As you can imagine .... the expense, time, and effort that must be put into making sure this will happen is massive.
More News On Russia's Anger That It's Trade Mission Building In Washington Will Be Searched By U.S,. Officials
Russia condemns US 'plans' to search Washington trade mission -- BBC
Russia has drafted formal ‘note of protest’ to US -- The Hill
Russia hands note of protest to U.S. over plans to search trade mission -- Reuters
Russia summons American diplomat as its US outposts are ordered to close -- CNN
Yeah and just as the same thing happened to the white house. Common. It looks like payback. Maybe the leaks were caused by Russian listening devices.
ReplyDeleteImagine the outcry if U.S. diplomatic property in another country, say perhaps Russia, were treated this way. It would damn near by a casus belli for war!
ReplyDeleteJust "casus belli".. belli already means war..
DeleteNo need to add "for war"
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Carl... Like in Cuba? Get real.
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No one and I mean no one bugs an embassy except for the Pakistan, Britain, U.S., USSR, ...
ReplyDeleteIf you are not bugging, you are a small out of the way principality that no one has taken over yet, because if a real country did, other big countries would use that as a pretext to invade them. (That is real. The Crimean War was just such a war. Britain had helped Greece out in the 1827 (Battle of Navarino). They had no love of the Muslim Ottoman Empire. To wit"
"The Crimean war was fought for the sake of Europe rather than for the Eastern question; it was fought against Russia, not in favour of Turkey ... The British fought Russia out of resentment and supposed that her defeat would strengthen the European Balance of Power" Taylor)
"Another titillating event occurred at the end of 1991, as the Soviet Union fell apart. Vadim Bakatin, the head of the KGB at the time, presented U.S. Ambassador Robert S. Strauss with the blueprints for the embassy bugs."
Until that moment, the Soviet Union had steadfastly denied the bugging.
"Soviets Deny Bugs at New U.S. Embassy : Say Washington Is Trying to Poison Talks Atmosphere"
http://articles.latimes.com/1987-04-08/news/mn-303_1_soviets
Listen carefully: bugging foreign embassies is nothing new - The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/03/bugging-foreign-embassies-nothing-new