Trump administration weighs returning diplomatic compounds to Russia

[SummerSnow]

Conor Finnegan, ABC news

The U.S. and Russia will sit down together again for a high-level meeting to deal with "irritants" in the relationship, amid heightened tension over diplomatic compounds in the U.S. that belong to Russia.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov will meet with U.S. Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon in Washington Monday –- the highest level meeting since the two countries' presidents, Trump and Putin, met at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7.

The top issue on the table for Russia are those diplomatic compounds, or "dachas," in Maryland and New York. The Obama administration expelled 35 Russian diplomats and their families and cut off Russia’s access to the dachas in response to cyber-attacks on the 2016 election. But Russia has been losing its patience with the Trump administration, threatening to retaliate if the compounds are not returned soon.

"It appears that the Russian side has no choice, it is time to retaliate," the chairman of Russia's Federation Council's foreign affairs committee told Sputnik, a Russian state-owned news agency. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov took a slightly softer tone, telling reporters that Russia hopes the White House can still find the "political wisdom and political will" to return the dachas.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/trump-administration-weighs-returning-diplomatic-compounds-russia-162504594--abc-news-topstories.html

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[TBA]

1. Of course they will return them.

And all of the "diplomats" will return. Putin has much more on Trump.

[Special Counsel]

2. Trump Gets His Marching Order from Sputnik

Both RT and Sputnik are open sourced conduits for Putin's agenda.

The Russian government's obsession with these dachas only shows the importance of such places in conducting surveillance activities.

This should be a standoff but the way Trumps' Gorka is going at it, this standoff will end in Trump rolling over an exposing his belly.

Trump is Putin's b#tch.

[Abu Pepe]

3. they have demanded their return

if he agrees to their demands...well...I mean how much more does this shit have to be in everyone's face before they will do something. And by 'they' I guess I mean the GOP House, so the answer is never - or early 2019 at the soonest.

[CincyDem]

4. What's he gonna do if Putin decides he wants Alaska back too ? lol. what an asshat. n/t