莫斯科驻华盛顿大使表示，美国的“恐俄气氛”意味着俄罗斯公民在访问该国时应该保持警惕。
安纳托利·安东诺夫的评论是在周末发表的，俄罗斯人玛丽亚·布蒂纳在渗入美国步枪协会后在佛罗里达州被监禁了18个月，现已返回莫斯科。
但是那是被判阴谋充当未注册外国代理人目的是在莫斯科和美国政治人物之间建立“非正式的沟通渠道”。
安东诺夫在国营第一频道接受采访时谈到了莫斯科和华盛顿的关系状况，并以此为例说明了俄罗斯人在美国受到的待遇
2017年，俄罗斯驻美国大使阿纳托利·安东诺夫在加利福尼亚州旧金山的一次世界事务活动中发表讲话。他警告俄罗斯公民在美国要“极其小心”
“当然，每个俄罗斯人，我不得不说，在任何去美国的旅行中，都应该非常小心，”他告诉节目Bolshaya Igra来自华盛顿，据塔斯社报道。
“我同意那些美国政客的说法，他们说在美国我们有时会看到政治迫害，”俄罗斯大使说，并指出他的大使馆专注于“保护美国监狱中的100名俄罗斯人”
“对我们来说，无论这个或那个俄罗斯公民持有什么样的立场都没有关系。对我们来说，他们都是我们的同胞，我们的任务是确保他们尽快获释，”他补充说。
他说，他的大使馆在幕后工作，以确保布蒂娜的释放，“一旦我们看到她受到太严厉的对待，我们就加紧努力。”
“我相信玛丽亚·布蒂纳的案件，像许多其他俄罗斯同胞的案件一样，他们是捏造的，他们是发明的。安东诺夫总结道:“如果玛丽亚不是俄罗斯女人，我想就不会对她采取如此严厉的措施，国际文传电讯社称。
上周，共和党众议员托马斯·马西也受到批评布蒂娜的“长得可笑”的判决，他把这归咎于近来美国猖獗的恐俄症。
“我们比这更好，”他发推特。
安东诺夫还利用这个项目重申克里姆林宫对美国退出中程核力量条约及其即时测试1987年核武器条约禁止的武器。
接着，他引用了美国前国务卿亨利·基辛格的话:“将普京妖魔化不是一项政策，而是没有政策的借口”。
“在我看来，特朗普已经履行了他所有的竞选承诺，只有一个例外——与俄罗斯和睦相处。在我看来，现在是密切处理这个问题的时候了，”安东诺夫补充说，根据国际文传电讯社。
EVERY RUSSIAN NATIONAL SHOULD BE 'EXTREMELY CAREFUL' WHEN TRAVELING TO THE U.S., SAYS AMBASSADOR
Moscow's ambassador to Washington has said a "Russophobic atmosphere" in the U.S. means Russian citizens should be wary when visiting the country.
Anatoly Antonov's comments came on the weekend that the Russian Maria Butina, who was jailed in Florida for 18 months after infiltrating the National Rifle Association (NRA), had returned to Moscow.
Butina was convicted of conspiracy to act as an unregistered foreign agent, with the aim of establishing "unofficial lines of communication" between Moscow and U.S. political figures.
In an interview on the state-run Channel 1 about the state of relations between Moscow and Washington, Antonov used the case as an example of how Russians are treated in the U.S.
Russia Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov speaks during a World Affairs event at in San Francisco, California in 2017. He has warned Russian citizens to be "extremely careful" in the U.S.JUSTIN
"Of course, every Russian, and I have to say this, should be extremely careful on any trip to the U.S.," he told the program Bolshaya Igra from Washington, according to Tass.
"I agree with those American politicians who say that here in the USA we sometimes see witch hunts," the Russian ambassador said, noting that his embassy was focused on the "protection of 100 Russians in American prisons."
"For us, it makes no difference whatsoever what position this or that Russian citizen held or holds. For us, all of them are our fellow countrymen, and our task is to ensure their speedy release," he added.
He said that his embassy worked behind the scenes to secure the release of Butina and that "as soon as we saw that she was treated too harshly, we intensified our efforts."
"I believe that the case of Maria Butina, like many other cases of Russian compatriots, they are fabricated, they are invented. If Maria had not been a Russian woman, I think that such harsh measures would not have been taken against her," Antonov concluded, according to Interfax.
Last week, the Republican congressman Thomas Massie also criticized the "ridiculously long" sentence of Butina, which he put down to rampant Russophobia in the U.S. these days.
"We are better than this," he tweeted.
Antonov also used the program to reiterate the Kremlin's anger at the U.S. withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty and its immediate test of a weapon that had been banned under the 1987 nuclear arms treaty.
He then went on to quote former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's comment that "Putin's demonization is not a policy, but an alibi for the absence of one".
"It seems to me that Mr. Trump has fulfilled all his campaign promises, with one exception—to get along with Russia. And in my opinion, the time has come to deal closely with this issue," Antonov added, according to Interfax.
