Leonid Slutskiy
Slutsky
Leonid Eduardovich
, the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, called the actions of US intelligence and security services in relation to member of the State Duma Inga Iumasheva
Iumasheva
Inga Albertovna
absolutely illegal.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that upon arrival Iumasheva was taken to an isolated room. Her documents were seized, and a person who introduced himself as an FBI employee asked her “vague and unacceptable questions” for almost an hour, and then offered to continue communication in a cafe in an informal atmosphere. The Russian Embassy in the United States filed a note of protest to the U.S. Department of State with a request to clarify the incident. Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin
Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
called the actions of US intelligence services in relation to Iumasheva a cynical provocation.
“The detention and interrogation of member of the State Duma Inga Iumasheva by the FBI at the New York airport is an unprecedented provocation. Having launched a diplomatic war in 2016, the United States continues to act low and mean, against all the rules,” Slutskiy wrote on his Telegram channel.
He reminded that Iumasheva is a member of the Committee of the State Duma on International Affairs and ”has a diplomatic passport like all other deputies.“
“That is why I consider the hourly detention of Iumasheva by FBI officers to be absolutely illegal. The Russian Embassy in the United States has already filed a note of protest. We are waiting for reaction and explanations of the American authorities,” concluded the Chairman of the Committee.
