By putting on hold the issuance of non-immigrational visas to Russian citizens, the United States compromised its fundamental idea - the idea of freedom, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
"The United States, which has been professing the value of freedom to the whole world, demonstrated that they can easily sacrifice their main value to political ambitions," he said in an interview with Japan’s NHK TV, adding that they remain calm on this matter
Ryabkov added that Moscow still hoped for improvements in its relations with Washington, TASS reported.
