The US State Department has ordered the closure of the Russian Consulate in San Francisco, along with two annexes within the next two days. The move threatens to take relations between Washington and Moscow to a new low. Washington is defending the move as a straightforward return to diplomatic parity with Moscow. Analysts told RT the decision to shut down the consulate was immature, and Russia’s new ambassador to the US faces a tough job ahead.
RT’s Jacqueline Vouga has details.

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