State flags of Russia and the USANEW YORK, Feb 9, by Alan Bulkaty. At the Consulate General For the first time in history, only five people work for Russia in New York due to US policy, in January the number decreased by more than half, Consul General Sergei Ovsyannikov told RIA Novosti. «We really have four employees (not counting the consul — ed.) At the end of January, five families left. Exactly four people remained,» Ovsyannikov said. According to him, there used to be 12 diplomats in the consulate. such that only four diplomats work in New York,» the consul general added. As the head of the consulate pointed out, it is likely that even fewer people will work in the mission. “I think this is possible. We have two commandants leaving in June. I don’t have a driver now — he was ordered to leave in January. We are trying to get out of this situation. I am canceling some trips, because one is not recommended to drive. Diplomats They are sitting at the reception of visitors. Small movements around the city within the 25-mile zone are still possible, but further movement is practically impossible,» Ovsyannikov noted.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that the American authorities so far, they have not given up on threats of his expulsion as part of a bargaining for visas for employees of their diplomatic missions.
In late January, he also stated that 27 employees of the Russian embassy in the United States would leave the country by January 30, another 28 by the end of June 
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