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Russia retaliated against the United Kingdom announcing it would also be expelling 23 British diplomats amid the growing tensions between the two nations over the nerve agent attack on a former Kremlin spy.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said it was ordering the closure of the British Council – a government organization for cultural and scientific cooperation – as well as ending an agreement to reopen the British consulate in St. Petersburg.
A spokesman for the British foreign ministry said in a statement Saturday they expected a reaction from the Kremlin and are assisting their staff members who have been expelled.
