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Russia Demands U.S. Return Properties After Talks End Without a Deal

Russia reserves ‘right to retaliate,’ Foreign Ministry says
State Department says ‘more work needs to be done’ after talks

Tourists walk by The Kremlin in Moscow. — Tourists walk by The Kremlin in Moscow.
Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg

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July 18, 2017, 3:27 PM UTC

Russia stepped up pressure on the U.S. to return seized diplomatic compounds after talks ended without a deal, in a dispute that’s become a test of whether Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin can convert the personal rapport of their initial meeting into improved relations.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said it “reserves the right to retaliate based on the principle of reciprocity” in a statement Tuesday, after U.S. Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov failed to break the deadlock at the talks in Washington.