WASHINGTON, November 7. /TASS/. The latest events in Ukraine and the Middle East show what consequences the so-called American leadership has caused, the Russian embassy in Washington quoted Ambassador Anatoly Antonov as saying on its Telegram channel on Monday.

Commenting on the article by a former US intelligence officer published in the Foreign Affairs magazine who wrote that the Biden administration thinks it necessary to talk with the Russian leadership exclusively from `a position of strength’, the Russian diplomat said: "Let's start with the fact that the Americans do not maintain a normal dialogue with us at all." "They scaled back contacts in all areas, believing in their ability to resolve numerous international issues, including regional crises, without Russia," Antonov lamented.

"We see the tragic consequences of the so-called American leadership in the events in Ukraine and the Middle East. Even experts in the United States began to call [US President Joe] Biden's foreign policy bankrupt," the ambassador added.