INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
2024 Russian presidential elections.The State Department said in May that Shonov was at the time of his arrest an employee of a private
company contracted by the United States Embassy in Moscow that compiles press accounts from publicly accessible Russian media.The
had worked for the United States consulate in Vladivostok for more than 25 years until 2021, when Moscow imposed restrictions on local
2022.Even before the war, the United States hadsuspended its two remaining consulates in Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg due to
Russian-imposed staffing challenges.
