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The short quote in the top section of this fact-check is a part of a much longer statement by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Secretary Maria Zakharova. There are several layers of misinformation in her statement, which was published on the ministry Web site. First, she falsely claims that the American embassy declined to organize visa interviews for the Russian freestyle wrestling team planning to visit the U.S. to participate in the World Cup in Iowa City, in the U.S., on April 7-8.The head of Russia’s Freestyle Wrestling Federation, Valery Feldsherov contradicted her claim. He told the TASS government news agency, that the U.S. Embassy actually advised team members go the U.S. Embassy in Armenia for visa interviews to expedite the processing, due to the shortness of the consular staff in Russia.They wouldn’t schedule us for visa interviews
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