Moscow to close US consulate in Saint Petersburg
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia would respond in kind to the expulsion of diplomats from Western countries and close down the USA consulate in St. Petersburg.
In addition, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told local media that other nations that expelled Russians, as punishment for Moscow's alleged role in a nerve agent attack in the United Kingdom, would have an identical number of their diplomats ejected.
Russia will show a mirror response to all countries that have expelled Russian diplomats.
Russian Federation had already been in a tit for tat with Britain over the case, in which both countries expelled 23 diplomats, and Russian Federation clamped down on British cultural institutions in the country.
Britain has accused Russian Federation of involvement in the March 4 poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, saying they were poisoned with the Soviet-designed agent called Novichok, the accusations Russian Federation has fiercely denied.
Medical director Dr. Christine Blanshard says "she has responded well to treatment but continues to receive expert clinical care 24 hours a day".
United States ambassador to Moscow, Jon Huntsman, has also been summoned by Russia's foreign ministry after Washington expelled the 60 diplomats earlier this week.
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The top diplomat went on saying that Russian Federation will not only provide a mirror response to West's steps in the wake of Skripal's poisoning, which was blamed on Moscow, but even "more than that".
The UK was the first to expel diplomats: on March 14, London sent out 23 officers of the Russian diplomatic mission.
The German Foreign Ministry also announced the expulsion of four Russian diplomats; the same number will be expelled by France, Poland. He told reporters Thursday he is "very concerned".
The Russian who was attacked, Sergei Skripal, remains in critical condition in a British hospital.
Russian Federation has vehemently denied any role. The British government blames Russian Federation for using a military-grade nerve agent for the poisoning, in the English city of Salisbury on March 4. The Ukrainian authorities announced the expulsion of 13 Russian diplomats.
She said Russian Federation continued to demand access to investigation materials, which Britain has refused to share.
Georgia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that the diplomat has been declared persona non grata and must leave within a week.
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