the Russian Embassy in the US sent a state Department memo as a result of publishing articles about the alleged involvement of Russia to attack the terrorist organization, the Taliban (banned in Russia) for the us military in Afghanistan.
“it’s not the first time received threats. But now we have a serious problem”, – said the head of the Russian diplomatic mission in the United States Anatoly Antonov in Facebook, adding that after the publication in the press of “false accusations” in social networks called “to settle scores with the Russians.”
last week, the New York Times published an article which said, citing unnamed us officials that the Russian military intelligence allegedly offered a reward to the Taliban for the attack on U.S. servicemen in Afghanistan. According to the publication, this happened in the midst of consultations on the peaceful settlement of the Afghan conflict.
In turn, the President of the United States Donald trump said that nobody reported about the so-called attacks on troops in Afghanistan from the Russian side.
