{"id":1845448,"date":"2023-02-13T13:35:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T18:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1845448"},"modified":"2023-02-13T13:39:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T18:39:20","slug":"united-states-urges-citizens-to-leave-russia-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/united-states-urges-citizens-to-leave-russia-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Urges Citizens To Leave Russia Immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funited-states-urges-citizens-to-leave-russia-immediately%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1845448&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>On Monday, the Biden administration called on Americans to immediately leave Russia. \u201cunpredictable consequences\u201d including detentions as a result of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department issued a travel advisory, set at the highest of four levels, ahead of President Joe Biden\u2019s expected visit to Poland to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-biden-poland-88b660bdbc9d4a4938261a2917d3c862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celebrate the anniversary<\/a> of the massive assault\u2019s beginning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. citizens residing or travelling in Russia should depart immediately,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.usembassy.gov\/travel-advisory-russia-do-not-travel-february-12-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the advisory<\/a>. \u201cExercise increased caution due to the risk of wrongful detentions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.usembassy.gov\/travel-advisory-russia-do-not-travel-february-12-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Consultative cites<\/a> \u201cthe potential for harassment and the singling out of U.S. citizens for detention by Russian government security officials, the arbitrary enforcement of local law, limited flights into and out of Russia, the Embassy\u2019s limited ability to assist U.S. citizens in Russia, and the possibility of terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A high-profile case of what U.S. authorities deemed to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brittney-griner-entertainment-sports-karine-jean-pierre-basketball-960c931def8f2db0e9c9fefcf20796a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cwrongful detention\u201d<\/a> The invasion was only days away when the events began to unfold. Brittney Griner, WNBA star, was arrested in Moscow after she was caught using marijuana vaping material. Griner was awarded a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brittney-griner-entertainment-sports-karine-jean-pierre-basketball-960c931def8f2db0e9c9fefcf20796a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nine year sentence in prison<\/a> For drug possession, he was sent to prison. In December <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wnba-star-brittney-griner-freed-from-russian-prison-in-swap-for-arms-dealer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia released<\/a> Griner is in a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer widely known as \u201cMerchant of Death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some others remain in Russia, including Paul Whelan (a U.S. Marine Veteran) who was held on espionage accusations that the U.S. government, his family, and he have claimed were unfounded. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brittney-griner-michigan-united-states-government-russia-bbf0c7e3029fea40d604b11fd271533f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the Associated Press<\/a>. Russia\u2019s Federal Security Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/jan\/19\/russia-criminal-case-us-citizen-suspected-espionage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Announced in January<\/a> An investigation into espionage by a U.S. citizen has been opened. The identity of the U.S. citizen involved in the case remains a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has provided tens of billions of dollars in aid to support Ukraine\u2019s defense efforts and led an international coalition to levy sanctions meant to punish Russia for the invasion that began on February 24, 2022, and continues to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s government appeared to shrug off the State Department\u2019s latest advisory. \u201cThis is not a new thing,\u201d Dmitry Peskov (Kremlin spokesperson) told reporters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voaafrica.com\/a\/us-tells-citizens-leave-russia-now-\/6960537.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.usembassy.gov\/security-alert-for-u-s-citizens-in-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An advisory was previously issued<\/a> As the Russian government began mobilizing its citizens to the Armed Forces in Support of the Invasion of Ukraine in September, Russia warned. \u201cmay refuse to acknowledge dual nationals\u2019 U.S. citizenship, deny their access to U.S. consular assistance, prevent their departure from Russia, and conscript dual nationals for military service.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration urged U.S. citizens on Monday to leave Russia without delay, warning of \u201cunpredictable consequences\u201d including detentions as a result of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The State Department issued a travel advisory, set at the highest of four levels, ahead of President Joe Biden\u2019s expected visit to Poland to mark the anniversary &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1845451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[4538,4591,4280,5087,4399],"class_list":["post-1845448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-citizens","tag-leave","tag-russia","tag-united","tag-urges"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1845448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1845451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1845448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1845448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1845448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}