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1/5 Maria #Zakharova: 74 Russian secondary school students had arrived in the US under the Secondary School Student Program, supervised by the @StateDept. Now the programme is being suspended due to the pandemic. The host party does not bear any responsibility for the children..
2/5 ...and has not even provided the lists and information about their whereabouts. Russian MFA was not informed of any programmes that involve sending our students to the US.Their implementation was not coordinated with us, it happened behind the backs of the Russian authorities
3/5 Back in 2014, Russia was forced to withdraw from the FLEX school exchange programme supervised by the Department of State. This was due to the inability of the organisers to guarantee the safe return of Russian children home. We had to stop such events, but Washington...
4/5 ..did not calm down and began to act in secret. The critical situation has brought this scam to light. We are currently seeking comprehensive information about our schoolchildren. We also demanded an explanation as to why the Americans took them from Russia.
5/5 Implementation of any projects that involve sending minor Russian citizens abroad without proper coordination with the Russian competent authorities is unacceptable. All responsibility for the consequences of such fraud lies entirely with those who took the children there
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