About 2,000 people work at the American embassy in Yerevan. Perhaps, none of them have yet understood that they should promote, for example, Russian-American relations, and not engage in disrupting Russian-Armenian relations. Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), stated this at Tuesday’s press briefing.

Earlier, there was a report that a poster with the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin was posted in the Armenian capital Yerevan—and as part of a campaign against Russian policy.

“It seems someone at the American embassy [in Yerevan] is living by the old patterns. Perhaps someone in Armenia has not yet run out of the money that was transferred through USAID, which was engaged in similar projects. I believe that just as they posted all that, they will collect it.

We [i.e. Russia] have an extensive agenda with Armenia in all directions; not only for discussions, but also for concrete, practical, pragmatic work. And we also know that many minorities do not like it. Therefore, we are oriented towards a constructive, positive agenda.

The nature of all this is understandable: paid, promoted, and developed in many parts of the world and in many countries of the world. They should have tried to do something good with USAID money: cure someone, build something, overcome some crisis. Unfortunately, they are capable of only that, and it doesn't take much intelligence for that," added the Russian MFA spox.