US Embassy Says Has No Access to Moscow Summer House Since Sunday

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A dacha in Serebryanny Bor which was given to the US Embassy in Russia. As of August 1, Russia suspends the use of the dacha by the US Embassy - Sputnik International
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The US diplomats have been denied access to a diplomatic summer house in Moscow for the past two days, Maria Olson, a spokeswoman at the US Embassy in Moscow told RIA Novosti on Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Russian Foreign Ministry announced last week that the US embassy will be barred from using a summer house in Serebryanny Bor and a storage facility in the Russian capital from August 1.

"We were not allowed access today or yesterday," Olson said.

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Asked about whether the US diplomats talked in this regard to Russian officials she said: "We already did and will do tomorrow".

On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the diplomatic presence of the United States in Russia would be cut by 755 employees.

Last week, both chambers of the US Congress approved a bill imposing new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, as well as limiting US President Donald Trump's ability to lift the anti-Moscow restrictions. On Friday, the White House said Trump intended to sign the bill.

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