The Russian government has designated the politically opposed United States as an "unfriendly country."

As a result, US embassies and consulates are no longer able to hire local staff, further strengthening Russia's hard-line stance.

On the 14th, the Kremlin designated the United States and the Czech Republic as politically opposed "unfriendly countries" as the first step under a presidential decree signed by Putin last month.



In the designated country, the employment of local staff at embassies and consulates in Russia will be severely restricted, the United States will not be able to hire at all, and the Czech Republic will be limited to 19 people, which will seriously hinder future operations. Is expected to come out.



Russia has taken countermeasures as the Biden administration, which was born in January, has tightened sanctions on Russia over the Putin administration's crackdown on dissidents and cyber attacks on the United States.



Meanwhile, the two countries have agreed to hold a foreign ministers' meeting in Iceland on the 20th of this month for the first summit meeting between President Biden and President Putin, and Russia's hard-line stance will be with the United States in the future. It seems that there is a desire to proceed with the negotiations in favor of.