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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.
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 .
The current embassy compound is in the Presnensky District of Moscow, across the street from the Russian White House and near the Moscow Zoo. The New Office Building (NOB) building was opened on May 5, 2000. On January 16, 2018, the consular department was opened in the new building, and the reception of visitors began. [1]
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).
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has denied a request to temporarily bar individuals associated with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive student loan ...
Back in 2011, the Obama administration released a map of 14,000 excess buildings and structures owned by the federal government across the country (not all the buildings were necessarily offices ...
Washington's rise as a city of global importance through the mid- to late-1900s coincided with the popularity of Brutalism, an architectural style noted for its simplicity and use of concrete. As a result, many of the city's government buildings and museums built between the 1950s and 1980s are in the Brutalist motif.
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin to be moved to Belarus after calling off advance to Moscow at 11th hour Russia-Ukraine war live: US spy agencies knew ‘something was up’ days before dramatic ...