Dmitry Peskov said Moscow would not comment on the US accusations that some Russians were working for an intelligence service unless convincing evidence and concrete grounds were presented.
The Kremlin spokesman made the assessment at a press conference in Moscow on Wednesday. Peskov said the Washington administration had not presented sufficient evidence to support the accusations.
US Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that some Russians had been accused in the Southern District of New York of working for Russia’s intelligence community since 2024. Peskov’s statement indicated that the US had not presented convincing evidence for the accusations.
Request to resume visa-free travel to the Kuril Islands
Peskov also addressed Japan’s request to resume the arrangement allowing its citizens to visit the Kuril Islands without a visa. He said Moscow did not view Tokyo’s policy toward Russia as friendly and therefore did not expect reciprocal restrictions to be lifted.
Noting that Japan had joined the sanctions against Russia, Peskov said the country had been placed on Russia’s list of unfriendly countries. He said reciprocal easing between the two sides did not appear possible under the current circumstances.