The Consulate General of Russia in New YorkNEW YORK, Feb 10, by Alan Bulkaty. The United States has not issued a visa to the replacement Consul General in New York for almost a year, Consul General Sergei Ovsyannikov told RIA Novosti. «Anatoly Kargapolov does not have a visa. He has been waiting for a little less than a year,» Ovsyannikov said. New York. Ovsyannikov pointed out that his replacement for Kargapolov was supposed to happen as early as last May. Asked if the rotation is being delayed because the shift is not being issued a visa, Ovsyannikov said: «Absolutely.» Ovsyannikov said he did not know when Kargapolov would be given a visa. Answering a question about whether a situation is possible in which there will be no Russian consul in New York, he said: «Well, this is quite possible.» According to him, the leadership decided to extend his stay in New York for another month . “I don’t know what the decision will be. If there is no decision, then I must return to Russia. So, Vyacheslav Slavkin, a senior diplomat, will perform the duties,” he added. Earlier, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that the American authorities until now, they have not given up on threats of his expulsion as part of a bargaining for visas for employees of their diplomatic missions. At the end of 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 of this year.
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