MOSCOW: Russia and the United States were locked in a fresh diplomatic slugging match Friday after Washington ordered the closure of Moscow’s San Francisco consulate and two other facilities.

The retaliatory US move came as a September 1 deadline was reached for Washington to comply with a Kremlin demand to slash staff numbers at its Russian diplomatic mission by 755 personnel.

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