The residence of the Russian Ambassador to the United States sent a note of protest to the state Department in connection with the problem in the capture of a us visa tennis-player Svetlana Kuznetsova, and also demanded to stop discrimination of the Russian athletes, said Last news in the press service of the Russian Embassy in the U.S. capital. before Kuznetsova said the refusal from the tournament in the U.S. capital, the current winner of which is due to issues with the processing of us visas. In her expressions, she for the first time faced with this situation. the Embassy expressed outrage at " the continuing practice of impeding the participation of our athletes in major competitions held within the United States." "Sent a note of protest to the state Department and demanded to stop the discriminatory policy of issuing visas to Russian attending international events ", - said the press service. <span style="color:darkgray