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Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Ambassador Jim O’Brien at a Foreign Press Center Briefing on the Black Sea Grain Initiative

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield U.S. Representative to the United Nations New York, New York May 11, 2023 AS DELIVERED MODERATOR: Welcome to the New York Foreign Press Center. We’re honored to have two distinguished briefers with us today who will speak on the Black Sea Grain Initiative: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations; ...

By U.S. Mission Russia | 18 May, 2023 | Topics: Agriculture, Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, Moscow, News, Policy, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, Trade, U.S. & Russia

Media Note: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Announces United States to Join Council of Europe’s Register of Damage for Ukraine

United States Mission to the United Nations Office of Press and Public Diplomacy For Immediate Release May 15, 2023 Media Note: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Announces United States to Join Council of Europe’s Register of Damage for Ukraine The United States has expressed its intent to join the Council of Europe’s “Register of Damage Caused by ...

By U.S. Mission Russia | 18 May, 2023 | Topics: Economic Affairs, Europe & Eurasia, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, Key Officials, Moscow, News, Policy, Political Affairs, President of the United States, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & Russia

Release of Aggregate Numbers of Strategic Offensive Weapons

MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON MAY 15, 2023 Continuing with its tradition of transparency despite Russia’s purported suspension of New START, the United States has voluntarily released aggregate numbers of U.S. strategic offensive arms under the New START Treaty’s central limits on nuclear weapons. The United States continues to view transparency among nuclear weapon states as extremely valuable for reducing the ...

By U.S. Mission Russia | 18 May, 2023 | Topics: Government Offices, Moscow, News, Policy, Political Affairs, Press Releases, U.S. & Russia

Condemning the Arrest of Robert Shonov

PRESS STATEMENT MATTHEW MILLER, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON MAY 16, 2023 The United States strongly condemns the reported arrest of Robert Shonov, a former employee of U.S. Mission Russia. The allegations against Mr. Shonov are wholly without merit. Mr. Shonov is a Russian national who was employed by the U.S. Consulate General in Vladivostok for more than ...

By U.S. Mission Russia | 16 May, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases, Vladivostok

The importance of an independent press

By ShareAmerica Free, independent media allow the public to make informed decisions, hold leaders accountable and hear a diversity of opinions — all free of government influence. Journalists in the United States can report on public health questions, question elected officials — sometimes aggressively — and raise controversial issues without fear of reprisal. “Information and ...

By U.S. Mission Russia | 16 May, 2023 | Topics: Culture, Fundamental Freedoms, Government Offices, Human Rights, Moscow, News, Policy, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, U.S. & Russia

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