re: #399 Backwoods_Sleuth

755 US diplomats out? Damn, that’s a lot.

Obviously, a developing story.

A diplomatic crisis between the US and Russia is threatened after President Vladimir Putin ordered 755 US diplomats to leave Moscow.

The order from Moscow, reported by AFP, comes in response to fresh sanctions against Russia announced by President Donald Trump.

Both houses of Congress backed the sanctions bill, which also includes measures against Iran and North Korea.

The sanctions are over Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and alleged interference in the US election.

independent.co.uk