US slams Russia for attack on diplomat

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5. It depends on the country

All embassies and consulates have US Diplomatic Security staff and most have local security staff hired by the embassy. Some countries also assign police to "help guard" (ie, closely watch) the building or compound, but they are never inside the perimeter. At least in India we were always reminded that at least one of those thirty cops outside with Kalashnikovs is counting people entering and exiting and reporting that to somebody.

Russia, however, is famous for treating diplomats awfully, especially US diplomats (incidentally, if he was an American citizen working at the embassy, he had a diplomatic visa and so was a "diplomat"; what he may not have been is a "consul&quot . The creepiest one they seem to like is sending security agents into your residence while you're gone, taking a dump in your toilet, and not flushing.