Convoy departs British embassy in Moscow ahead of expulsion deadline
By Reuters
23 March 2018 |
11:29 am
A convoy of vehicles left the British Embassy in Moscow on Friday (March 23) ahead of a Russian deadline for 23 diplomats to leave the country.
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