Moscow Plays Tit-for-tat With London – 23 British Diplomats to Be Expelled

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Moscow has also decided to close the British Council in Russia and to withdraw permission for Britain to open a general consulate in St Petersburg. British Ambassador to Russia Laurie Bristow made the following comment, “We gave Russia the opportunity to explain how the material got to Salisbury. And we asked Russia to declare that material that had a capability to the organization for the prohibition of the chemical weapons. Russia did neither and therefore we announced certain steps. Russia today has informed me of the steps that Russia will be taking in response to that.”