Washington: The Trump administration has informed the Congress that it is closing the remaining two US consulates in Russia. The US State Department told lawmakers last week that it would permanently close the consulate in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok. With this, the US is temporarily shutting down the operation of the consulate in Yekaterinburg, east of the Ural Mountains. Cyber crime is believed to be the major reason behind this.
The consulate in Vladivostok was temporarily closed in March due to the Corona epidemic. Embassy staff had started removing their sensitive equipment and documents and other items. Explain that the consulates in Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg employ 33 local staff with a total of 10 diplomats. The US State Department says that the permanent closure of the Vladivostok consulate will save US $ 3.2 million per year.
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According to the State Department notice, American employees will be transferred to the US Embassy in Moscow. America’s only diplomatic facility in Russia will be the embassy in Moscow after the consulate closes. Explain that Russia ordered the closure of the US Consulate in St. Petersburg in 2018 as the US closed the Russian Consulate in Seattle in tit-for-tate operations over the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain Was ordered
