U.S. Orders The Closure Of The Russian Consulate In San Francisco And Two Other Diplomatic Offices

Politico: U.S. retaliates against Russia by forcing diplomatic closures

State Dept. calls the Kremlin's prior ouster of diplomatic staff 'unwarranted and detrimental.'

The State Department is forcing the Russian government to vacate three diplomatic compounds in the U.S. by this Saturday — retribution for the Kremlin’s order that the U.S. reduce its staff in Russia by more than 750 people.

In a sharply worded statement, spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the State Department had complied with Russia’s demands and had made its own “in the spirit of parity invoked by the Russians.”

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WNU editor: This is not good. I was hoping (and believing) that the U.S. would not retaliate .... I was wrong. Here is the Russian response (so far) .... Moscow Reacts to Closure of Its San Francisco Consulate (Moscow Times). The closure of the Russian consulate in San Francisco is going to hurt. There are hundreds of thousands of Russian expatriates who now live in the Bay area .... getting a visa to visit Russia is now going to be a headache.

Update: More Russian reaction .... ‘Unfortunate escalation’: Reactions to US order to close Russian consulate (RT). And more here .... Russian ambassador comments on US demand to close three Russian diplomatic facilities (TASS).

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