The Consulate General of the United States in Yekaterinburg () is a diplomatic mission of the United States in Yekaterinburg, providing consular services to Russian and American citizens in the Ural region of Russia and Western Siberia.
History During the times of the USSR, due to the concentration of industries related to defense, most of the Ural region was closed to foreigners for decades during the Cold War, limiting the contact of the Siberian population with Western ideas. In 1992, the Russian Federation opened this region to foreigners and foreign investments, and the United States was at the forefront of Western efforts to establish contacts there. In 1994, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown opened the U.S. Consulate General in Yekaterinburg, becoming the first diplomatic mission in central Russia after World War II. This was followed by other nations establishing their diplomatic missions in Yekaterinburg, such as Hungary, which opened a permanent trade representation in 1996, and the United Kingdom, which opened a consulate in 1997. The first U.S. Consul General in Yekaterinburg was Jack Segal.
In March 2020, the consulate limited visa issuance due to the COVID-19 pandemic for an indefinite period. In December 2020, the U.S. State Department decided to suspend the operations of the consulate in Yekaterinburg, citing security and organizational issues. In February 2021, it was reported that the consulate began accepting applications for the reissuance of American visas. On April 1, 2021, it was announced that the provision of visa and consular services by the Yekaterinburg consulate was suspended, and the consular district of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow was expanded to cover the entire territory of Russia. After the approval of the Unfriendly countries list in mid-May 2021, the U.S. consulate in Yekaterinburg reduced its staff, and Consul Amy Storrow left her post.
Consuls General Term Consul Note 1994—1995 Jack Segal 1999—2001 James Bigus 2005—2008 John Stepanchuk 2008—2010 Tim Sandusky 2010—2013 Mike Reinert 2013 Andrew Wieneracting 2013—2015 Otto Hans Van Merssen 2015—2017 Marcus Micheli 2017—2019 Paul M. Carter Jr. 2019—2021 Emily Storrow
See also List of diplomatic missions of the United States List of diplomatic missions in Russia Russia–United States relations
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