Russia officially dubs US and Czech Republic ‘unfriendly’ states
by Guardian staff and agencies in Moscow from World news | The Guardian on (#5HTZ2)
Government says US missions can no longer hire local staff following law Putin signed last month
The Russian government has officially deemed the United States and the Czech Republic unfriendly" states, and announced that US diplomatic missions could no longer employ local staff while Czech missions could employ a maximum of 19.
Moscow first announced the ban on the US hiring local staff last month as part of its retaliation for a slew of new US sanctions against Russia for interfering in the 2020 US presidential election and for involvement in the SolarWind hack of US federal agencies.
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