The results of the vote on the closure of the US Consulate in Russia
The Russian Embassy in the United States conducted a poll among Twitter subscribers about which of the three American consulates in Russia should be closed in response to the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle, writes “Snob«.
According to the final results of the survey, 47 percent of those who voted were in favor of closing the US consulate in St. Petersburg. Another 35 percent were in favor of closing the consulate in Yekaterinburg, and 18 percent for closing the US office in Vladivostok. The survey involved 57,5 thousands of people. Whether the Russian Foreign Ministry is going to use the survey results when making decisions is still unknown.
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
Recall that the Consulate General of Russia in Seattle asks Russians urgently pick up the documents.
26 March United States announced thethat they will close the consulate of Russia in Seattle and send Russian diplomats who were engaged in espionage from 60 country. This decision was made by the US authorities in response to poisoning in the UK, a former employee of the GRU, double agent Sergey Skripal Similar decisions on the expulsion of diplomats made two dozen Western countries.
In August 2017 of the year in the USA closed the Russian consulate in San Francisco after the Russian authorities demanded a reduction in the number of US diplomats in the country by 755 people.
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