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[REGNUM] An unidentified employee of the United States embassy stole a pointer from the Ostashkovo railway station in the Tver region, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on July 12.
According to her, in the spring in the Tver region, a road sign disappeared at the junction of a railway station.
The police found out from CCTV cameras that an unknown man had stolen the sign and put it in the trunk of a car, the license plates of which were red (they are issued by to diplomatic cars).
Later, traffic police officers stopped an employee of the American embassy for violating traffic rules, who "in all respects fit the description."
"If the loss had not been found in time, a tragedy could have happened," Zakharova wrote in her telegram channel. As a result, an employee of the American embassy was sent back to the United States.
As reported by IA REGNUM , earlier Zakharova said that the United States authorities independently undermined their consular work in Russia.
"For several years, they did not just work disgracefully in the consular sphere, they undermined all their consular work," Zakharova said.
According to her, Russia did not force the United States to reduce the number of consular employees, it was Washington's decision.
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