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on December 29, 2016 in World News

Tension between US and Russia escalates as 35 diplomats are expelled

Richard Hartley-Parkinson The United States on Thursday expelled 35 Russian diplomats and closed two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland in response to a campaign of harassment by Russia against American diplomats in Moscow, a senior U.S. official has said. The U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters the Russian diplomats would be given 72 hours...

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