Kremlin Warns U.S. Must Return Diplomatic Compounds Without Conditions

[JI7]

what american property would they seize in Russia ?

<The Kremlin warned on July 14 that it would reject any preconditions for the return of Russian diplomatic property seized by the United States.

In December, then-President Barack Obama ordered the seizure of Russian diplomatic compounds in New York and Maryland and the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats he said were spies, in a series of measures aimed at punishing Russia for allegedly interfering in the 2016 presidential election.

Russian President Vladimir Putin decided not to immediately retaliate over the expulsions and property seizure, saying he would wait to see what the Trump administration would do.

But Peskov and the Russian Foreign Ministry said the Kremlin is running out of patience and will retaliate by expelling U.S. diplomats and seizing American property in Russia unless an agreement to return the seized compounds comes out of high-level talks due to resume on July 17.>


https://www.rferl.org/a/kremlin-peskov-warns-us-must-return-diplomatic-compounds-new-york-maryland-without-conditions/28617668.html

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

1. Time for Trump to prove how strong he is by standing up to the Ruskie threats

If he gives in he has shown himself to be exactly what HRC said in the debates -- Putin's Puppet.

[atreides1]

5. Trump and strong

You've just created another oxymoron!

[WinkyDink]

7. He doesn't regard them as "threats." They are "reasonable requests."

[dvduval]

2. They are desperate...

They know we are watching, and they are desperate to setup a better way to collude with Trump. They need these compounds to do that.

[MFM008]

3. Fuck them

Rookies.

[jberryhill]

4. Is there something buried in the basements of these places they are hot about?

What is it that makes these pieces of real estate, in particular, of such importance to them?

[WinkyDink]

6. "Warns"? Bwahahahaha! Yeah, okay.

[nocalflea]

8. Donnie and his high maintenance friends !

Demands, demands, demands !

[oasis]

9. Return Crimea you pesky Ruskies.

[Tanuki]

10. Trump doesn't care about U.S. property in Russia. He is more

worried about disclosure of his own personal indebtedness to Russian banks and oligarchs and associated money laundering. Putin has a lot more leverage and potential for blackmail than this salvo indicates.

[halobeam]

11. I can't believe anything, any longer.

Could it be just a show to make Donnie look "strong" by saying NO, just to give something for the republican side to fight back with? Who knows at this point.

[Ilsa]

12. Burn them down. Accidental

fire in the neighborhood. Gas line explosion. Vagrants set it on fire. Meteor hit it.

[L. Coyote]

13. First, can we have our government back?

Seriously!

[Blue_Tires]

14. They'll get nothing and like it