U.S. Plays 'Dangerous Game' in Trying to 'Cancel' Russia, Ambassador Says

Posted on AllSides May 11th, 2022
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Moscow's envoy in Washington has warned that a growing backlash against all things Russia-related in the United States in response to the war in Ukraine has surpassed even Cold War-era levels, telling Newsweek that not only diplomatic ties but also cultural, educational and scientific were under unprecedented strain.

"The United States has been swamped by a wave of Russophobia fuelled by the media at the instigation of the ruling circles," Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Anatoly Antonov told Newsweek. "The situation has taken the worst forms of the anti-communist paranoia and witch-hunt of...

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