In response to United States’ expulsion of 35 Russian Diplomats, Russia has closed down an American British school run by America in Moscow, according to foreign media reports.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also said on Friday that Russia’s foreign ministry has requested President Vladimir Putin to expel 35 American diplomats from the country in a tit-for-tat response to a similar move by Washington.

“Russia’s foreign ministry… has requested that the Russian president approve declaring as personae non gratae 31 employees of the US embassy in Moscow and four diplomats from the US consulate in Saint Petersburg,” Lavrov said in televised comments.

Earlier in a report, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin had said the Kremlin’s reaction would cause the US ‘significant discomfort’. The Russian foreign ministry has also said Russia’s response would be announced today.

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