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Russian foreign minister: Allegations involving envoy to U.S. 'reminiscent of a witch hunt'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said allegations involving Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States, are "Reminiscent of a witch hunt," Russian state media reported Friday. His remarks came after sharp criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions for failing to disclose meetings with Kislyak last year, when he was a senator and President Trump's campaign adviser. "Countries appoint ambassadors in order to maintain relations, this is done through meetings, conversations and contacts with state officials and legislators," Lavrov said, according to the TASS news agency. Sessions stepped aside Thursday from overseeing the continuing FBI investigation into Russia's interference in last year's election. Ref. USAToday

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Has Russia ever had an ambassador to the US that wasn't a spy and recruiter? Has the US ever had an ambassador to Russia that didn't do the same?

By this point, its more shocking to find out there's no spying going on.

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All ambassadors are in the other country to represent their country, but they also gather information. That doesn't make them spies. That said, this guy was a bit more blatant. And yes, to find there isn't spying going on would be quite that change. Especially when one considers we've been spying on each other since caveman Grog spied on caveman Ugh, saw him making a club, and went and made a bigger club *wink*.