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Russian Envoy Says Relations with US in Crisis, Retaliation Likely

By Samuel Chamberlain, Fox News

The Russian ambassador to the United Nations said Monday that relations between Moscow and Washington had deteriorated to the point of crisis after the U.S. and other western nations expelled dozens of Russia diplomats they accused of being spies.

Vassily Nebenzia spoke briefly to reporters outside a diplomatic luncheon in New York hours after President Trump ordered 60 Russian diplomats out of the U.S. and closed down the Russian consulate in Seattle. When one reporter asked whether U.S.-Russia relations were in crisis, Nebenzia said: “It’s been [in crisis for] some time already. Didn’t you notice?”

Nebenzia declined to speculate about potential retaliation from the Kremlin, but did tell reporters that “diplomacy supposes that there is a response when such things happen.”

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