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The Embassy of Russia in Washington, D.C. (Russian: Посольство России в США) is the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation to the United States. The chancery is located at 2650 Wisconsin Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C. [1] [2] The embassy oversees consulates in New York and Houston. [3]
The Embassy of Russia in Tbilisi was the diplomatic mission of Russia to the Republic of Georgia.The chancery was located at 51 Chavchavadze Avenue in Tbilisi. [1] On August 29, 2008, Georgia ordered the Russian ambassador Vyacheslav Kovalenko and all other Russian diplomats to leave the country and close the embassy and severed diplomatic relations with Russia. [2]
The Russian ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C. historically known as the Mrs. George Pullman House, is located at 1125 16th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Downtown neighborhood. Until 1994, the building served as the Embassy of Russia (and Embassy of the Soviet Union).
In 1995 the embassy in Paramaribo also suspended operations. [clarification needed] The Russian Federation has no diplomatic relations with Bhutan and Solomon Islands. Since Georgia and Russia severed diplomatic relations in 2008, the Swiss embassy in Tbilisi hosts a Russian interests section. [citation needed]
Embassy Row [18] Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2109 E Street NW Foggy Bottom [19] Botswana: 1531-3 New Hampshire Avenue NW Dupont Circle [20] Brazil: 3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW Embassy Row [21] Brunei: 3520 International Court NW North Cleveland Park [22] Bulgaria: 1621 22nd Street NW Embassy Row [23] Burkina Faso: 2340 Massachusetts Avenue NW ...
The history of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, dates back to at least the 5th century AD.Since its foundation by the monarch of Georgia's ancient precursor Kingdom of Iberia, Tbilisi has been an important cultural, political and economic center of the Caucasus and served, with intermissions, as the capital of various Georgian kingdoms and republics.
The Soviet Embassy building (pictured in 2006 as the Russian Embassy) Operation Monopoly was a secret plan by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to construct a tunnel underneath the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., to gather secret intelligence, in effect from 1977 until its public discovery in 2001.
Diplomatic missions in Georgia currently comprise 40 embassies in Tbilisi. Many other countries have non-resident embassies. Russia closed its embassy right after the beginning of the war in South Ossetia in August 2008 and diplomatic relations between the two countries have ended. Map of diplomatic missions in Georgia