Putin slashing number of US diplomatic staff in Russia by 755 people
By TANYA STUKALOVAMAIA DAVIS Jul 30, 2017, 6:45 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a television interview that the U.S. must cut the size of its diplomatic force in his country by more than half, from about 1,210 to 455.
【Of course, not all of 1,210 employees presently working at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow were Americans. In 2013 alone, according to a State Department Inspector General’s report, the Moscow embassy and consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok employed 1,279 staff – included 867 “locally employed” staff and 333 U.S. “direct-hire” staff, from 35 U.S. government agencies.】