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1st LD: Russia to expel 60 U.S. diplomats, close U.S. consulate in St. Petersburg

Xinhua,March 30, 2018 Adjust font size:

MOSCOW, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia will expel 60 U.S. diplomats and shut U.S. consulate in St. Petersburg in tit-for-tat retaliation for Washington's moves against Moscow over an ex-spy incident, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

It said in a press release that 58 employees of the U.S. embassy in Moscow and two employees of the U.S. consulate general in Yekaterinburg were declared "persona non grata" for "activities incompatible with diplomatic status."

The 60 diplomats must leave Russia by April 5, it said.

The consent to the opening and functioning of the U.S. consulate general in St. Petersburg was withdrawn, it said. Enditem

 

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