US embassy in Russia suspends issuing non-immigrant visas
The US Embassy in Russia has announced it will suspend issuing non-immigrant visas in Moscow for eight days from Wednesday and stop issuing visas at its consulates elsewhere in Russia in response to the Russian decision to cap embassy staff.
The embassy made the decision - which could affect hundreds of thousands of Russian tourists - after the Russian Foreign Ministry ordered a cap on the number of US diplomatic personnel in Russia, it said in a statement.
