The Russian ambassador to the United States said that the prospect of Russia-US relations is worrying, which attracted attention to the evaluation of Biden’s government

CCTV News:On March 31st, Dzhabarov, the first vice-chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Russian Federation Council (the upper house of the Russian Parliament), told the media that the United States may be behind the recent expulsion of Russian diplomats by several European countries.

Dzhabarov said that the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Bulgaria, Romania and Italy has made the outside world aware that the United States is stepping up its efforts to manufacture and release false materials and create scandals in these countries to attract public attention. Dzhabarov stressed that Russia will investigate this and consider taking measures to counter it. Earlier, Dzhabarov criticized Bulgaria and other former Warsaw Pact members for taking turns to please NATO to show their anti-Russian stance.

The Italian government announced on March 31 that it would expel two Russian diplomats on the grounds that they were suspected of intelligence transactions. The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed regret over this, and peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, responded on the same day that it was not clear about the cause and effect of this incident, but he hoped that the two countries would maintain a positive and constructive relationship.

In addition, on March 31, local time, Russian Ambassador to the United States Antonov told the outside world that the prospect of relations between Russia and the United States is worrying, and the current US government has not shown its willingness to solve the problems existing in the relations between the two countries.

Antonov said that at present, Russia and the United States urgently need to restore the communication mechanism in the practical sense. Although the competition between the two countries continues, they can still cooperate in some fields. However, Antonov also pointed out that the systematic confrontation with Russia has become the basis of the US policy toward Russia, and the Biden administration will not clean up the "mess" of the current bilateral relations.

Russian Ambassador to the United States Antonov: We can’t expect the development of relations between Russia and the United States to reach the expected level. If the US policy toward Russia can change, it will not be substantial but superficial. Systematically containing Russia is still the primary task of the US strategic policy.

The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on March 17th, saying that the Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov had been recalled to discuss the prospects of bilateral relations. The statement said that the relationship between Russia and the United States has been deadlocked in recent years, and the most important thing at present is to find a way to correct the relationship between the two countries. If the United States can realize the risks brought by the deterioration of relations between the two countries, Russia is willing to prevent it from going irreversible. According to Russian media reports, Antonov will continue to hold consultations with the heads of various departments of the Russian government to discuss relations with the United States, so the date of his return to the United States has not yet been finalized.