US Embassy in Moscow Temporarily Resumes Halted Services

US Embassy in Moscow Temporarily Resumes Halted Services
A Russian flag flies next to the U.S. embassy building in Moscow on July 31, 2017. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images
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MOSCOW—The U.S. Embassy in Moscow said Friday it will temporarily resume some of the consular services it had halted earlier due to a Russian ban on hiring local residents.

The embassy said last month that the ban forced it to reduce its consular workforce by 75 percent and starting May 12, it would only provide emergency U.S. citizen services and a very limited number of immigrant visas in case of life-or-death emergencies.