Russian diplomats in the United States can not buy tickets to Moscow

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After introduction of US new sanctions and the decision to send 35 Russian diplomats from the country, the latter encountered difficulties when buying tickets to Russia. Told about it Interfaxreferring to your source.

“There are no tickets, they were all sold out before the New Year, but people were given only 72 hours, I don’t know how they will make it,” said the agency’s interlocutor.

From his words it becomes clear that Russian diplomats cannot fly from Washington, so they need to get to New York, where there are more chances to fly to Moscow. In all likelihood, the staff of the diplomatic mission will meet the New Year on board the aircraft.

“This came as a big surprise, people were preparing to celebrate the New Year,” he said.

Another interlocutor of the agency said that there is a concentration of police around the “dacha” of the Russian permanent mission in New York. “This is, of course, not a cordon, there are no helicopters flying, but, nevertheless, it is impressive,” he said.

Entered sanctions and congratulated the New Year

It also became known that the representative of the US State Department after the announcement of the introduction of new sanctions against Russia, congratulated Russian-speaking journalists in Russian, writes RIA News.

He said that Russian diplomats who are being expelled by the US administration have 72 hours to leave.

"They shouldn't be here by Sunday afternoon, by my estimate," the official said. “And to everyone who speaks Russian among you, I congratulate you on your new year,” he added.

Earlier, the US government made a decision expel 35 Russian diplomats from the country, explaining that the members of the diplomatic mission acted “not in accordance with their diplomatic or consular status.” US President Barack Obama also imposed sanctions against 5 Russian organizations, including the FSB and the GRU, writes “Новая газета«.

The 2 of the Russian-owned facility in the states of Maryland and New York, which, according to Obama, were used by Russians for intelligence purposes, will be closed.

This decision was made due to the fact that in the USA they are sure: Russian hackers committed large cyber attacks on the American party on 2, encroaching on the independence of the American electoral system. Hackers allegedly transmitted information from American organizations to the election headquarters of Donald Trump.

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