455 Russian diplomats work in the United States. Russia reserves the right to further reduce the number of US diplomats in Russia, but so far it will not do so. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin at a press conference following the BRICS summit on Tuesday, September 5. He noted that in Russia there were about 1,300 American diplomats, Russian in the US - 455, including 155 people working for the UN. "Strictly speaking, they are not diplomats accredited to the US State Department, but are employees of an international organization.

So, strictly speaking, speaking of full parity, it's not 455 US diplomats in Moscow, but minus 155, "Putin said.. He also noted that Moscow reserves the right to decide on this number of American diplomats, "but we will not do it yet, let's see how the situation will develop further". Earlier, Russia accused the United States of America of seizing the buildings of the Russian Consulate General in San Francisco and a trade mission in Washington.

Original article: Russia can reduce by one-third the number of diplomats in the US.