(July 30th, 2017): To retaliate the Russia Sanctions Bill signed by President Donald Trump yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin today ordered 755 US Diplomats must leave Russia; and declared that Russia will seize two American Diplomatic Properties in Moscow. Please read this news on Yahoo News at:
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President Vladimir Putin ordered on Sunday that 755 US diplomats leave Russia, and warned ties with Washington could be gridlocked for a long time following tough new American sanctions.
"More than a thousand people were working and are still working" at the US embassy and consulates, said Mr Putin in an interview with Rossia-24 television.
Mr Putin added that an upturn in Russia's relations with Washington could not be expected "any time soon".
"We have waited long enough, hoping that the situation would perhaps change for the better," he said.
"But it seems that even if the situation is changing, it's not for any time soon."
On Thursday, the US Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill to toughen sanctions on Russia for allegedly meddling in the 2016 US presidential election and for its annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Iran and North Korea are also targeted in the sanctions bill.
Moscow on Friday ordered the US to slash its number of diplomats in Russia to 455 and froze two embassy compounds - a Moscow summer house and a storage facility in the city - from August 1.
In December, the then US president Barack Obama ordered out 35 Russian diplomats and closed down two embassy summer houses that Washington said were being used by Moscow for espionage.
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