Thomas H V Anthony poses for a photo after his interview with the Associated Press holding his daughter Katerina as his son Andrey stands next at their flat door in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 10, 2021. "My expectation was as things get better with the situation with the pandemic, gradually the consulate would open more and more and more," said Thomas H V Anthony, a U.S. citizen living in Russia with a baby daughter who has not yet received a U.S. passport. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

The U.S. Embassy and the National flag are seen in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Under Kremlin orders, the U.S. Embassy has stopped employing Russians, leaving Russian businessmen, lovers and exchange students adrift because they can't get visas and American parents unable to register their newborns as citizens. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

The U.S. Embassy, center, is seen in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Under Kremlin orders, the U.S. Embassy has stopped employing Russians, leaving Russian businessmen, lovers and exchange students adrift because they can't get visas and American parents unable to register their newborns as citizens.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Anastasia Kuznetsova, a 20-year-old fiancée of an American citizen from California, speaks during her interview with the Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Like many others in the situation, Anastasia blames big politics for affecting the lives of ordinary people stuck in the middle. Until recently, she had been hoping to celebrate her wedding in the United States this year and had even quit her university in Russia in preparation for the move. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)

Yulia Kukula stands in front of the Moscow State University during her interview with the Associated Press in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 7, 2021. Kukula, a university student who was accepted for a PhD program in sustainable energy at Arizona State University, may have found a laborious and costly away around the problem of getting her visa to go the university. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)

FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, Alexis Rodzianko, the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, smiles during an interview with The Associated Press. "This is an ongoing, what they call a visa war. Well now the visa war has been expanded to the general population," said Alexis Rodzianko. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

The U.S. Embassy is seen behind a monument to the Revolution workers of 1905 Revolution in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Under Kremlin orders, the U.S. Embassy has stopped employing Russians, leaving Russian businessmen, lovers and exchange students adrift because they can't get visas and American parents unable to register their newborns as citizens. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 5, 2021 file photo, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gestures during a joint news conference with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki following their talks in Moscow, Russia. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow sharply limited consular services starting Wednesday, May 12 following a Russian ban on hiring local staff, leaving many U.S. citizens and Russian visa seekers in limbo. "We warned them a long time ago that we, as well, will transfer our own practice on to the relations between countries in the sphere of operations of diplomatic missions," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov late last month about the new restrictions for the U.S. embassy. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)