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Russian diplomats in Washington are being threatened with violence and US intelligence services try to make contact with them, Tass news agency cited the ambassador as saying on Saturday.
Anatoly Antonov told Russian television that since Moscow invaded Ukraine on February 24, face-to-face meetings with US officials had ended.
“It’s like a besieged fortress. Basically, our embassy is operating in a hostile environment … Embassy employees are receiving threats, including threats of physical violence,” Tass quoted him as saying.
“Agents from US security services are hanging around outside the Russian embassy, handing out CIA and FBI phone numbers, which can be called to establish contact.”
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CIA and the FBI declined to comment. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the US State Department did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
The Russian ambassador to Poland was doused in a red substance on Monday by people protesting against the war.
Russia and the United States had been locked in a dispute over the size and functioning of their respective diplomatic missions long before the Ukraine war.
Moscow expelled a number of US diplomats in March after Washington said it was kicking out 12 Russian diplomats at the country’s UN mission in New York.


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Anatoly Antonov also said FBI agents are trying to make contact with embassy employees
He added face-to-face meetings with US officials had ended after Russia invaded Ukraine



Anatoly Antonov also said FBI agents are trying to make contact with embassy employees.


Ukraine war: Envoy says Russian embassy in US a ‘besieged fortress’, diplomats being threatened

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} Anatoly Antonov also said FBI agents are trying to make contact with embassy employees He added face-to-face meetings with US officials had ended after Russia invaded Ukraine

Anatoly Antonov also said FBI agents are trying to make contact with embassy employees

He added face-to-face meetings with US officials had ended after Russia invaded Ukraine