Counter Sanctions: No More Free Parking for US, UK Diplomats in Russia
No more parking in Russian cities for US diplomats. The parking of the American consulate-general on Furshtatskaya Street, St. Petersburg has been replaced by a U turn and a cross-walk. According to the locals, they wrote complaints for several years, asking to remove the parking lot, which, in their opinion, was illegal. But they have succeeded only recently.
Also, road signs of exclusive parking on Gogol Street in Yekaterinburg have been removed. They allowed American and British diplomats to leave their cars on the side of the roadway.
The situation didn't go unnoticed overseas. Employees of the recently closed Russian consulate in San Francisco... Employees of the recently closed Russian consulate in San Francisco have suddenly found out that they violated the rules of garbage incineration. This is stated in the notification from the local office for air quality control.
Ecologists gave their verdict by eye. They said that the color and density of the smoke indicated that violators were burning materials intended for other means of disposal. The former consular employees have not been fined yet. The American investigation can last from several weeks to months.