U.S. Tells Its Citizens to Leave Russia Immediately
Monday’s order by the U.S. State Department All U.S. citizens living in Russia must leave As the war in Ukraine escalates, and concerns about arbitrary detentions increase, it is imperative that you act immediately.
“U.S. citizens residing or traveling in Russia should depart immediately,” The U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued a warning. “Exercise increased caution due to the risk of wrongful detentions.”
The department also sent a clear message: “Do not travel to Russia.”
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The embassy stated that it was unable to assist Russian citizens due to travel restrictions, staffing limitations and suspension of consular services.
All Americans were warned to immediately seek refuge in the country and reminded that U.S. credit and debit cards are not accepted in Russia and that electronic transfers of funds have become more difficult because of sanctions.
“Russian security services have arrested U.S. citizens on spurious charges, singled out U.S. citizens in Russia for detention and harassment, denied them fair and transparent treatment, and convicted them in secret trials or without presenting credible evidence,” The embassy was added.
Fox News Digital couldn’t immediately reach the State Department to comment on the reason for the warning and whether this suggested a possible escalation in war in Ukraine.
Monday’s warnings of the embassy were ignored by the Kremlin who pointed to similar requests to leave Russia September 2009, State DepartmentShortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin mobilized Russians to join him in Ukraine,
“[Warnings] have been voiced by the State Department many times in the last period, so this is not a new thing,” According to Reuters, Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesperson, said that
U.S. experts on Monday were divided on the significance of the warning and its timing, with one former Defense Intelligence Agency intel officer for Russian Doctrine & Strategy Rebekah Koffler, describing the alert as “serious.”
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Koffler pointed out that the announcement came 10 days ahead of Russia’s Soviet Army Day, also known as Defender of the Fatherland Day, and 11 days before the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine.
“Putin wants to claim to some achievement,” She stated that Russia will launch a missile attack, and she was wary of this. “massive assault” It is expected to gain ground in Ukraine within the next week.
After losing little ground over the past months, Western and Ukrainian defense officials have been warning of Russia’s imminent attack to change the tide.
“There’s no way for this war to go except up,” Koffler continued to ask why the U.S. government hadn’t issued another warning ahead of the approaching offensive.
“Neither side has an exit [strategy],” She said, pointing out that Russia and Ukraine view war as a conflict. An existential threat Therefore, they will not give up on the battlefront.
Former CIA Moscow station chief Dan Hoffman argued that the embassy alert was routine. It served to remind Americans of the danger they face if they travel to or remain in Russia.
“Bottom line is that we’ve issued these warnings in the past,” He spoke to Fox News Digital. “Just because you issued it once, doesn’t mean everybody remembers.
“We don’t base decisions on calendar dates.” he continued. “I’ve [served] In many embassies abroad. What we do though is we look at the threat and we say, ‘it’s still out there, we’ll remind everybody – public service announcement.'”
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“There’s a big war going on and…U.S. persons are at risk,” Hoffman said. “We got to serve our citizens and let them know that this is a dangerous place.
“We probably don’t want more people to get caught up in Russia’s extortion,” he added referring to Americans arrested is Russia like U.S. Marine Paul Whelan and basketball player Brittany Griner, along with the respective concessions Washington made in swapping an international arms dealer for the WNBA athlete.
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