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Moscow says limiting Russian diplomatsâ€™ access to US polling stations unacceptable

08 November 2016 08:55 (UTC +04:00)

Baku – APA. Moscow has officially informed the United States that limiting Russian diplomats’ access to the polling stations will meet a reciprocal response, Spuntik cited Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov as saying on Tuesday.

"The US administration's law enforcement officials stop at nothing to cut off Russian representatives from an opportunity to assess the provisions of holding the upcoming elections," Ryabkov said.

"The US administration's law enforcement officials stop at nothing to cut off Russian representatives from an opportunity to assess the provisions of holding the upcoming elections," said Ryabkov.

"We have drawn our conclusions from this and officially warned the US Embassy in Moscow a few days ago that the US should not count on the presence of US diplomats at elections that will be carried out in Russia," Ryabkov stated, adding that the warning has been issued in the form of a diplomatic note.