Woman says Russian Embassy denies her consular services, cites Facebook page
A Russian woman says she has been denied consular services by her country’s embassy in Canada over claims her Facebook activity poses a security threat.Pushkareva said the Russian Embassy, which declined to comment to The Canadian Press, denied her access to its consular service in Ottawa, where she had an appointment to update her children’s documents.
“I don’t understand why they decided to call me first, why it was so important for them that I don’t even come.” She said she recorded the Jan. 18 exchange. In the audio recording, an unnamed official tells her that being part of a specific Facebook page has led the ambassador to verbally ask staff to deny her access to the consulate.
Pushkareva noted that the consulate staff seemed to name a public Facebook page and conflated it with a private Facebook group with a similar name. Pushkareva has visited both, but said she is not responsible for what is posted there. She also said she has not seen violence being advocated on either site.
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