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For Anastasia Kuznetsova, a 20-year-old engaged to marry a Californian, it’s a crushing blow. She had already spent about two years seeking a fiancee’s visa. The notoriously laborious process for Russians to get U.S. visas had already been slowed by COVID-19. “I felt destroyed, much more depressed than I was before,” said Kuznetsova, who last saw her fiance in January on a trip to Mexico. “We have no idea when it’s going to continue working and if we will be able to see each other even during these years.” Thomas H. V. Anthony, an American living in Russia, was already frustrate...

Under Kremlin orders, the U.S. Embassy has stopped employing Russians, forcing the embassy to cut its consular staff by 75% and limit many of its services. The order went into effect on Wednesday, bringing the sharply deteriorating U.S.-Russia relationship to an intensely personal level. Because of the cuts, the embassy can offer only very limited…

Kremlin-imposed cuts at US Embassy leave thousands adrift by Daniel Kozin And Jim Heintz, The Associated Press Posted May 12, 2021 4:34 am EDT Last Updated May 12, 2021 at 4:44 am EDT MOSCOW (AP) — Under Kremlin orders, the U.S. Embassy has stopped employing Russians, forcing the embassy to cut its consular staff by 75% and limit many of its services. The order went into effect on Wednesday, bringing the sharply deteriorating U.S.-Russia relationship to an intensely personal level. Because of the cuts, the embassy can offer only very limited services, such as considering “life-and-death�...

Russian-Ordered Hiring Freeze at U.S. Embassy Leaves Americans Unable to Register Babies as Citizens On 5/12/21 at 10:06 AM EDT A Kremlin order forcing the U.S. Embassy to stop employing Russians has gutted the consular staff by 75 percent, leaving Americans in Russia unable to register their newborns. The Wednesday order is indicative of boiling tensions between the U.S. and Russia and disables the embassy from providing most services. That means that Russian businessmen, exchange students and romantic partners are now unable to obtain visas, in addition to parents being unable to make a bir...

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow was forced to cut its consular staff by 75% and limit its services to only “life-and-death” situations after an order from President Vladimir Putin that bans “unfriendly” countries from hiring local employees came into effect.