Washington Ups Pressure On Kremlin, Closes Consulates In US
In a ‘tit-for-tat’ move against Russia ordering almost 800 U.S. diplomats to leave the country, the Trump administration has ordered Russia to close its consulate in San Fransisco and reduce operations in New York and Washington, D.C. It described Moscow’s actions to reduce Washington’s diplomatic staff ‘unwarranted.’ “The United States…