The Russian government has called out the United States for committing what it calls a "blatantly hostile act" by closing three Russian diplomatic posts. On Saturday the U.S. took control of the facilities following an order from the Trump administration, Reuters reports.
The order to close down the Russian consulate in San Francisco and two trade offices in Washington, D.C., and New York came in response to an order from Moscow last month dramatically reducing the number of American diplomatic personnel in Russia, an order that itself came in retaliation for new sanctions signed into law by Trump last month. On its Web site the Russian foreign ministry calls the closure of the posts a "grave violation by Washington of international law."
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