Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with RIA Novosti announced the absence of obstacles to filling quotas at the US Embassy and stabilizing the work of the diplomatic mission.
“After all, the US Embassy does not prevent a coordinated quota (455 employees) and stabilize the work of his consular service,” the Foreign Minister stressed.
On December 1, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharov said that until July 1, 2022, the territory of the Russian Federation will leave another group of US diplomsses in Moscow in the event that the American side does not compromise into the decision of the diplomatic crisis.
Before that, the Russian Ambassador in Washington Anatoly Antonov said that 27 employees of the Russian Embassy in the United States are forced to leave the country until January 30.