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Nerve agent

A view through a fence shows the building of the US consulate-general in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 29, 2018.

Russia expels 60 US diplomats, orders consulate closed

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing a stuttering economy and an unusual show of Western unity that included even states traditionally friendly towards Moscow, appeared to have stuck to the diplomatic playbook with the symmetrical response.

An aircraft sent to collect diplomats and their families from Russia's embassy in London, who were expelled by Britain after the poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, takes off from Stansted a

Expelled Russian diplomats leave Britain in nerve agent crisis

Conflict

Chemical Weapon Destruction

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