Member of the Russian Parliament proposed to rename the address of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow North American impasse, 1. According to him, this is a very symbolic name for the nameless dead-end.
Russian statesman Mikhail Degtyarev said that the United States regularly violate the principles of democracy. America «is driving the world to a standstill» of its international policy, believes Degtyarev.
The official stressed that they are not going to rename the street «for the sake of some short-term political ambitions,» but you can call impasse, which has hitherto had no name. mayoralty of Moscow will consider the proposal to rename this month.
In the LA Times suggested that the name change is directly linked to the decision of the city Council of the us capital on the assignment of the square near the Russian Embassy in Washington name of opposition and criticism of the ruling power Boris Nemtsov.
The official representative of the diplomatic mission Maria Olson responded to the offer Degtyareva, stressing that they prefer to engage in the development of bilateral relations, and not to talk about dead ends.
The street renaming occurs after several months of intense diplomatic standoff between Russia and the United States. In July, Vladimir Putin demanded that the American diplomats 755 1,200 left Russia, in response to the imposition of sanctions for alleged RF interference in the presidential elections of 2016.
In response to «unreasonable» actions the us government has demanded to close the Russian Consulate in San Francisco and two diplomatic facility in Washington and new York.
