Parking for consul vehicles is reserved outside One Union Square the downtown Seattle building that houses the Russian consulate on the 25th floor Monday
The United States and more than a dozen European nations kicked out Russian diplomats on Monday and the Trump administration ordered Russia's consulate in Seattle to close, as the West sought joint punishment for Moscow's alleged poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain.
Ireland will take action against Russian in response to a nerve agent attack in neighbouring England that the British government has blamed on Moscow, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Monday.
Canada, Ukraine, Albania, Australia, and most European Union States matched the move with smaller-scale expulsions, after Britain urged allies to respond to the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal.
The staff expelled by Washington includes 12 people identified by the United States as intelligence officers from Russia's mission to the United Nations headquarters in NY.
Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia will respond in kind if the U.S. expels Russian diplomats.
The White House branded it a "brazen action" and said the move to expel 60 Russians would make the country safer. Germany, Poland and France each said it planned to boot four Russian diplomats, the Czech Republic and Lithuania ousted three and Italy, two.
Earlier on Monday, Haley said her country has begun the process of "expelling 12 intelligence operatives from the Russian Mission to the United Nations who have abused their privilege of residence in the US".
Russian Federation is accused by the United Kingdom of being responsible for an attack on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter using the Novichok nerve agent.
This represents the largest U.S. expulsion of Russian or Soviet agents ever and comes after Trump's predecessor Barack Obama expelled 35 in late 2016 over alleged election meddling.
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Britain earlier ordered the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats after blaming Moscow for the attack - a charge fiercely denied by Moscow, which has pointed the finger at British intelligence.
The Kremlin denies any involvement in the incident involving the Skripals.
The Kremlin has accused Britain of whipping up an anti-Russia campaign and has sought to cast doubt on the British analysis that Moscow was responsible.
Here is a list of the countries and the number of Russians expelled.
In addition to expelling diplomats, father measures can be taken up by the United Kingdom government and the European Union members, according to the spokesperson of Prime Minister May.
The top Democratic Party member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Eliot Engel, says Monday's strong US response to the attack "makes even more freaky the administration's weak response to Russia's ongoing attack right here in the United States".
The Government does not intend to provide details about the embassy staff member who's being expelled, but say they are satisfied the most appropriate course of action is being taken.
The verification of poisoning by nerve agent is yet to be confirmed by Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). One official said more than 100 people were affected by the attack, which employed a class of nerve agent manufactured by the Soviet Union called "Novichok", May's government has said.
Russia's Investigative Committee (ICR) in a statement cited "serious violations" and said a fire safety technician at the complex "switched off the alarm system" after being alerted about the fire.
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