Russia announced that the US embassy is located at 1 Donetsk People’s Republic Square. (file)
The United States Embassy in Russia is using coordinates instead of an address on its website as authorities in Moscow renamed the square outside the building after pro-Kremlin separatists in Ukraine.
Last month, officials in Moscow announced that the US embassy in Russia is now located at 1 Donetsk People’s Republic Square, referring to a separate area in eastern Ukraine that Moscow recognized as an independent even before sending troops there. .
In response, the US Embassy listed its location as “55,75566°N, 37,58028°E”. Website, However, the “Embassies and Consulates” section of the website still lists the previous address of the embassy: Bolshoy Devitinsky Pereulok No. 8.
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Notably, in June, residents of Moscow voted to rename the square outside the US embassy. same month, Moscow City Hall Announced the new name of the open area in front of the main entrance of the embassy.
In a statement, officials said the change was made after councilors from Moscow proposed to honor “defenders of the Donbass” – the majority Russian-speaking region in Ukraine that Russia says it will take for its “military campaign”. Being free as part. He also pointed out that the new address was chosen in a public vote that was attended by about 280,000 people.
This happened when protesters in the United States put up a sign outside the Russian embassy in Washington DC, informally renaming the street after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to newsweekActivist Claude Taylor said, “The President’s Zelensky Way street sign is our way of protesting peacefully. [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s tyranny and Ukraine’s honor.”
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