TASS claims:

US moves to close Russian visa center, strips Russian diplomats of tax privileges

The US administration has decided to shutter down both offices of the Russian Visa Application Center in the United States and deprive Russian diplomats of the possibility to pay taxes in the country, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said.

“Literally an hour ago, the Americans notified us of closing down the Visa Center,” Antonov said. “Also, the United States stripped us of tax exemption cards,” he told reporters following the Candle of Memory memorial event dedicated to the beginning of the Great Patriotic War that took place on the premises of the Russian embassy.

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Some media outlets around the world have echoed the TASS announcement but I haven’t found anything on US sites yet.

Regardless of what the real story, TASS is inching the ball along towards the next world war.

In this story the patriotic Russians who are serving in the US are being demeaned on one of the Russian pseudo-holy days.