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Russian diplomats vacate three properties on UD orders

By REUTERS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017 23:40

Updated: SEPTEMBER 2, 2017 23:39

SAN FRANCISCO- Russian diplomats worked to vacate three properties in the United States on Saturday including the six-story consulate in San Francisco, complying with a US order issued in retaliation for Moscow cutting the American diplomatic presence in Russia.

Staff at the San Francisco consulate were seen moving equipment, furniture and small items from the building into minivans and driving away, before coming back for more 20 to 30 minutes later. A group of men in plainclothes and suits were seen on the roof of the consulate looking around, some wearing rubber gloves.

The closure ordered by the Trump administration of the consulate in San Francisco and two buildings housing Russian trade missions in Washington and New York was the latest in tit-for-tat measures between the two countries that have helped plunge relations to a new post-Cold War low.

The United States ordered the Russians to shutter their operations in the buildings by Saturday.

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