(17 Mar 2018) Russia's Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned the British ambassador as the dispute over the nerve agent attack on a former spy escalated.
In a statement after the meeting, the ministry said it was expelling 23 British diplomats in a retaliatory move and was also ordering the closure of the British Council in Russia and ending an agreement to reopen the British consulate in St. Petersburg.
It ordered the diplomats to leave within a week.
The statement said the government could take further measures if Britain took any more "unfriendly" moves toward Russia.
British Prime Minister Theresa May this week ordered 23 Russian diplomats expelled to punish Russia over the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the city of Salisbury.

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