Donald Trump plans to shut two remaining US consulates in Russia
Moscow has been blamed for a significant cyberattack carried out on American government systems
Donald Trump is under pressure to act over an alleged Russian hack of US systems
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The Trump administration has notified Congress that it intends to shut the last two remaining US consulates in Russia.
The State Department told lawmakers last week that it would permanently close the consulate in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok and temporarily suspend operations at the consulate in Yekaterinburg, just east of the Ural Mountains.
The notice was sent to Congress on December 10 but received little attention at the time. That was three days before it was made public that Russian was suspected of a hack into US government and private computer systems that has raised grave cybersecurity fears.