Discussion: Russia Orders Cut In US Diplomats In Reaction To Sanctions

That’s pretty tepid.

So what exactly is this “recreational retreat”? A park and or pool complex?

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Trump leadership in action inaction.

It’s so nice that after the health care failure the GOP has a good story to fall back on.
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Well, at least the comms department can turn this around.
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Yeah.

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I don’t know if I misread this. Does the US have more than 455 diplomats in Russia? That number seems high.

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Most of them are diplomats in name only; better to call them operatives like special electricians for the embassy and plumbers for the leaks and janitors to clean up, all under diplomats.

If it’s the same one I know, it is just a country house, a “dacha”, on the outskirts of Moscow that is used for parties and weekend retreats. Nothing fancy - just a basic guest house and a couple of acres of grounds. It’s a bit of a holdover from the Cold War days, when diplomats in Moscow had very little in the way of travel or recreational opportunities.