“We have difficulties with issuing visas for the arrival of new diplomats, new employees of the administrative and technical staff,” RIA Novosti quotes Kelin.
According to him, diplomats in the UK live in an unfavorable environment, as the country's authorities have declared Russia a threat.
He added that about 30 diplomats currently work in the London embassy.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said that 55 employees of Russian diplomatic missions would have to leave the United States in 2022 at the request of the American side.