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Laurie Bristow

British Ambassador to Russia, Laurie Bristow, is seen walking out of the Russian foreign ministry building in Moscow.

Russia summons Western diplomats to set out retaliatory steps in spy rift

Conflict

The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned a slew of senior Western diplomats on Friday to set out the retaliatory measures it was taking in a standoff with the West over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain.

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