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Monday, August 21, 2017
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Monday, August 21, 2017
US punishes Russia by freezing tourist visas
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIn a step that could affect hundreds of thousands of Russian tourists, the US Embassy in Russia says it will suspend issuing non-immigrant visas in Moscow for eight days from Wednesday and would stop issuing visas at its consulates elsewhere in Russia in response to the Russian decision to cap embassy staff.
The embassy made the decision after the Russian Foreign Ministry ordered a cap on the number of US diplomatic personnel in Russia, it said in a statement, adding that it would resume issuing visas in Moscow on September 1, but maintain the suspension at consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok.
Nearly a quarter of a million Russian tourists visited the US last year, according to Russian tourism officials.
— AP
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