Putin: ‘Unfriendly’ Embassies May Face Russian Hiring Bans

Putin: ‘Unfriendly’ Embassies May Face Russian Hiring Bans
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address at The Federal Assembly at The Manezh Exhibition Hall in Moscow on April 21, 2021. ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing the country to limit the number of Russians employed at embassies of countries determined to be unfriendly, or to ban their employment entirely.

The measure, announced by the Kremlin on Friday, comes amid a flurry of expulsions of Russian diplomats from the United States and European countries and Moscow’s retaliatory expulsions.