Here I am, mooching for prayers again.
The new US government is “sanctioning” Russia for “interfering in the 2020 elections” (as if it mattered in the least), and so Russia said, “OK, we are going to forbid Russian citizens to work in the US Embassy”. The US says, “Oh, yeah, well in that case we are going to stop issuing visas to Russians and stop serving American citizens in Russia”.
That last one is ruining my life. My passport is about to expire and they won't renew it because of their tit-for-tat. That could leave me as a man without a country, unable to leave Russia, and if not resolved, at the end of the year, unable to stay legally in Russia even, to extend my residency. I’m even looking at Russian citizenship, though that requires doing so with a valid passport. I feel like my country is hanging me out to dry with a storm coming in.
