The Consulate General of Russia in New York was forced to use the reserve of cash and move to the rustic savings after blocking an account in Bank of America on March 16, nevertheless, the diplomatic confinement operates in full, TASS said the Acting Consulsula Vyacheslav Slavkin.
According to the diplomat, only the cash reserve made in advance allows you to pay salary to employees, as well as pay for electricity, utilities and to a certain extent for gasoline, although the use of transport had to be limited.
Slavkin noted, Moscow allowed in the current situation to use consular fees to maintain work, but their volume decreased, since the number of visas appeals significantly decreased. Despite the difficulties arising, the consulate is functioning without any restrictions, he added.
Al previously on the TV channel “Russia-1” Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the USA Anatoly Antonov said that Russia’s Consulate Office Accounts in Houston and New York were closed by Bank of America, and the embassy itself actually “is in blockade from the US state structures “