The Russian side handed over a note to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on June 1 to terminate a memorandum of understanding with the United States on the principles of cooperation in the fields of culture, humanities, social sciences, education and mass media, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing Friday.
"The actions of the Americans [to ‘cancel’ Russian culture] have led to the fact that further preservation of this memorandum simply made no sense. We sent a note to this effect to the US Embassy in Moscow on June 1. Once again, we draw the attention of the American side to the fact that any unfriendly attack from Washington will be followed by an inevitable adequate response," the diplomat said.
According to Zakharova, the situation in which the U.S. administration, while subjecting to "real persecution" Russian culture and all its bearers, would continue to promote its projects and values in Russia under the auspices of the aforementioned memorandum, "is no longer acceptable."
