Russia and US Will Not Lecture Each Other

A high-ranking source at Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said that the Russian side in the committee said that such actions came in contrast to the format of the workgroup. US officials apologized to their Russian colleagues afterwards. This is probably what Mr. Surkov referred to as “roughness.”

Scientist of politics Dmitry Orlov said that US officials may often try to obtrude their approach within the framework of bilateral relations.

“They try to act within the scope of stereotypes, against which they offer to struggle together. However, their apologies, as I believe, testify to the attempt to build constructive cooperation in the McFaul-Surkov group,” he said.

Izvestia