The Russian consulate in New York announced that it had been deprived of a telephone since January 18 and had Internet problems, inviting him to contact him by email.
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The American authorities cut the phone at the Russian consulate in New York more than 24 hours ago, the Russian diplomatic mission announced on Tuesday, January 19.
“Dear visitors! On January 18, the US side completely disconnected all telephone lines from the Russian Consulate General in New York, there are sometimes interruptions in Internet access, ”the consulate said on Twitter.
In this context, the diplomatic mission invited to contact her via the email which can be found on the website newyork.mid.ru.
The consular district of the Russian Consulate General in New York includes the states of Vermont, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Michigan, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
According to an employee of the Russian consulate, the authorities explain the cut of the telephone lines by technical problems.
“They can’t fix the problem for two days. It never happened. And we don’t have one or two lines, but a lot. It seems that everything was cut at the same time, ”the diplomat told Sputnik.
Tense relations between Moscow and Washington
On October 6, on the eve of the presidential election in the United States, the US Department of Homeland Security cited Russia among the threats to domestic security, alongside China, Iran and Korea. North. The list of security threats also contains the Covid-19 epidemic and radical extremists, including white supremacists.
In December 2016, US authorities announced the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats and the closure of two Russian sites in New York and Maryland, citing alleged interference by Moscow in the US electoral process. In the spring of 2018, Washington decreed the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle. Moscow responded with the expulsion of 60 American diplomats and the closure of the United States consulate in St. Petersburg.
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