The official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said the circumstances with the non-issuance of U.S. visas to representatives of the Ministry of defense of Russia for work in the structures of the UN and pointed to the position of General Secretary of the organization. in explanations published on the Internet representative office of the Ministry, it is reported that the Russian officers have passed the competitive selection and appointed by the UN Secretary General in the Department involved in the military theme for months waiting for the consideration of applications for us visa, sometimes this period exceeds a year. She recalled that these documents reglementary the rules and rights of employees of the UN, the guarantor of which is the Secretary-General himself. "There are egregious cases, when working in new York, Russian employees do not prolong the visa, in fact putting them in a position where they have to complete the contract and return to the Russian Federation. With this kind of "administrative resource" Americans resort to the practice "unfair competition" shifting their interest from the positions of Russian citizens and promoting to his soldiers, " - concluded Zakharov. last week the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution urging the US to quickly issue visas to members of delegations to participate in the activities of the global organization. in the process of the present session Washington has not issued visas to 18 diplomats from Russia, as well as among them for work in the committees of the United Nations on disarmament and legal issues. <span style="color:darkgray