Trump Orders Russia to Shutter Consulate, Two Annexes

Trump Orders Russia to Shutter Consulate, Two Annexes
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The Trump administration is ordering Russia to shutter a consulate in San Francisco as well as annexes in Washington and New York, the State Department announced Thursday.

The move was positioned as a response "in the spirit of parity" to the Russian government's order that the United States cut down the number of diplomatic personnel in Russia, which a State spokesman described as "unwarranted and detrimental."

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