Russia to expel 60 US diplomats and close Washington's St Petersburg consulate - Russian FM Sergei Lavrov

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says his country is to expel 60 US diplomats and close the American consulate in St Petersburg. 

It comes after the US joined numerous Western nations in expelling Russian diplomats over the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK.

SOURCE: euronews
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