U.S. begins Russia drawdown after Kremlin retaliates for sanctions

Record ID: 904885

  • Title: U.S. begins Russia drawdown after Kremlin retaliates for sanctions
  • Date: 1st August 2017
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (AUGUST 1, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS VIEWS OF KREMLIN WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING SEEN IN BACKGROUND STAR ON TOP OF KREMLIN TOWER KREMLIN TOWER AND ST. BASIL'S CATHEDRAL CLOCK ON KREMLIN TOWER RED SQUARE VARIOUS OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL SHTANDART (FLAG) ON TOP OF BUILDING VIEW OF KREMLIN TOWERS AND ST. BASIL'S CATHEDRAL KREMLIN TOWERS MOSKVA RIVER AND KREMLIN ENTRANCE GATE TO U.S. EMBASSY DACHA COMPOUND VARIOUS OF TRUCK WITH DIPLOMATIC LICENSE PLATE IN COMPOUND YARD TRUCK DRIVING VARIOUS OF LOADED TRUCKS DRIVING OUT OF COMPOUND TRUCKS DRIVING AWAY U.S. FLAG ON EMBASSY BUILDING EXTERIOR OF U.S. EMBASSY BUILDING ENTRANCE TO EMBASSY U.S. COAT OF ARMS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WAITING TO ENTER U.S. CONSULATE BUILDING PLACARD WITH CONSULAR INFORMATION SECURITY CAMERA CAR PARKED NEAR EMBASSY ENTRANCE U.S. FLAG
  • Embargoed: 15th August 2017 11:08
  • Keywords: Russian retaliation U.S. sanctions Moscow compound of U.S. embassy dacha country residence U.S. diplomatic cars U.S. embassy trucks
  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016SBQNGN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The United States began removing furniture and equipment from a diplomatic property in Moscow on Tuesday (August 1) in the first sign of compliance with a Kremlin order to slash its presence in Russia as retaliation for new U.S. sanctions.
    President Vladimir Putin has ordered the United States to cut around 60 percent of its diplomatic staff in Russia by September 1, and said Moscow will seize two U.S. diplomatic properties in response to sanctions approved by Congress last week.
    On Tuesday, removal men began dismantling play equipment and barbecues at a U.S.-owned dacha (country villa) on the outskirts of Moscow, after being refused access the day before, according to a Reuters journalist at the scene.
    The dacha, which is being confiscated along with a U.S. warehouse in the south of the Russian capital, was used by U.S. diplomatic staff at the weekends and to host parties for students, journalists and other diplomats.
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