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The State Department announced it is expelling 48 Russian diplomats and 12 intelligence operatives, and forcing Russia to shut down its consulate in Seattle, in response to Salisbury attack pic.twitter.com/QZnWQTXtuc
— Robbie Gramer (@RobbieGramer) March 26, 2018
State Department spokesperson: "We are giving the Russians until April 25 to close their diplomatic residence in Seattle.” That residence is Hyde House, a historic mansion in the Madison Park neighborhood. #Q13FOX pic.twitter.com/3P1E6UVuhX
— Brandi Kruse (@BrandiKruse) March 27, 2018
Eurovision Song Contest 2018? No, Russian state TV's coverage of the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats 2018. pic.twitter.com/ZbsdSihU88
— Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) March 26, 2018
Sixty Russian diplomats in US being expelled amid co-ordinated response to poisoning of Russian ex-spy in UK https://t.co/EU2iEM1xLg
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 26, 2018
Statement by Ambassador Huntsman on the expulsion of Russian intelligence officers: pic.twitter.com/RvMzCbPzZu
— Maria Olson (@USEmbRuPress) March 26, 2018
US administration🇺🇸 ordered the closure of the Russian Consulate in Seattle @GK_Seattle🇷🇺. What US Consulate General would you close in @Russia, if it was up to you to decide
— Russia in USA 🇷🇺 (@RusEmbUSA) March 26, 2018
#Antonov: the #UnitedStates🇺🇸 took a very bad step by cutting very little still remains in terms of Russian-American relations
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📹 https://t.co/ynI9iDfZmQ pic.twitter.com/eclRTBMGRg— Russia in USA 🇷🇺 (@RusEmbUSA) March 26, 2018
Russia has threatened retaliation over one of the largest mass expulsions of its diplomats in history, after at least 100 were expelled worldwide.
More than 20 countries backed action by the UK over the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Salisbury https://t.co/X0wT7PjCZx
— CNN (@CNN) March 27, 2018
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