was renamed, Russian media discovered that the homepage address of the official website of the US Embassy in Russia only contained longitude and latitude.
According to the Russian "Izvestia" report on July 3, After Russia changed the address of the US Embassy to a special name, there was a change on the official website of the US Embassy.
Screenshot of "Izvestia" report
At the end of last month, Russia changed the address information of the US Embassy to "No. 1, Donetsk People's Republic Square". According to the screenshots in the "Izvestia" report, the current official website of the US Embassy in Russia only retains the longitude and latitude "55.75566°N, 37.58028°E" when introducing the address. There is no other text description, and in the address information Below, directly are the phone number and fax number of the US Embassy.
A road sign near the U.S. Embassy in Russia reads "Donetsk People's Republic Square"
"The U.S. Embassy in Russia is sorry (to describe it in words)" , the Belarus branch of the Russian Satellite News Agency commented.
Screenshot of a report by the Belarus branch of the Russian Satellite News Agency
Use longitude and latitude to describe the address at the bottom of the English home page of the official website of the U.S. Embassy in Russia
However, this change seems to be only reflected on the home page of the official website of the U.S. Embassy in Russia. Under the column "Embassy or Consulate", the text description of the address of the U.S. Embassy still exists, which is the address before the Russian name was changed, "No. 8, Devyatinsky Lane". ↓
Russian President Putin signed an order in February this year to recognize the independence of Donetsk . The United States and Western countries opposed this move by Russia. According to a previous report by AFP , the Moscow city government issued a statement on June 22, local time, saying that the open space in front of the gate of the U.S. Embassy in Russia, which had not been named before, is now named "Donetsk People's Republic Square". As a result, the address of the U.S. Embassy was changed from "8 Devyatinsky Lane" to "1 Donetsk People's Republic Square". The statement also said that the Moscow city government made the decision after the city councilor recommended honoring the "Defenders of Donbass."
Source: Global Network/Zhang Jiangping