The Russian Embassy in the USA polls on Twitter: which US Consulate to close in Russia
The Russian embassy in the United States offered to Twitter subscribers to choose which of the three US regional consulates in Russia they would like to close. Three options are presented as answers: Ekaterinburg, Vladivostok and St. Petersburg.
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
Today, the United States announced the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats due to the fact that the United Kingdom found Russia guilty of poisoning the ex-Colonel of the GRU Sergey Skripal and his daughter Yulia. For the same reason, 13 employees of the Russian Embassy will be deported from Ukraine.
Also today, the chairman of the European Council, Donald Tusk, announced that 14 of European countries would expel Russian diplomats. Poland, France and Germany will expel four diplomats; Lithuania and the Czech Republic - by three; Italy, Netherlands, Denmark - two by two; Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland - one by one. Tusk admits the possibility of introducing other measures in relation to Russia, Interfax reported.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin will respond to the expulsion of Russian diplomats mirror, reports TASS. Variants of the decision are developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and the final word is the head of state.
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