Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States Anatoly Antonov. File photoMOSCOW, Jun 8Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov announced that he had received a letter with a proposal to condemn the actions of the Russian president, noting that he demanded an explanation in this regard. «I recently received a letter in my address by mail with a call for me to renounce my homeland, so that I discuss the actions of the Russian president. If I do this, then I was offered to contact the office of First Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman,» the ambassador said on Channel One. According to Antonov, the diplomatic mission in a written In a form, she demanded an explanation from the State Department, “what does this mean.” He also said that they were also handing out cards at the embassy in Washington supposedly with FBI contacts and offering to talk with intelligence officers. In addition, articles appear in the American media calling on Russian servicemen and Russian diplomats to betray their homeland. «I will emphasize my most severe rejection of such a policy and such an attitude towards Russian diplomats,» Antonov said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» 
Dialogue with the US is at an unprecedented low level, Antonov believes
