Russia Expelling 23 British Diplomats in Growing Dispute

Russia’s government is expelling 23 British diplomats and threatened further measures in retaliation in a growing diplomatic dispute over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it is also ordering the closure of the British Council in Russia and ending an agreement to reopen the British consulate in St. Petersburg. It ordered the diplomats to leave within a week. Russia’s Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador...

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