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Spy poisoning: Russia to expel 23 British diplomats Russia spy poisoning: 23 UK diplomats expelled from Moscow
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Russia is to expel 23 British diplomats amid tensions over the nerve agent attack on an ex-spy and his daughter in the UK. Russia is to expel 23 British diplomats amid tensions over the nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter in the UK.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. The Russian foreign ministry said the diplomatic staff from Britain's Moscow embassy would be "declared persona non-grata" and expelled within a week.
You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. The move comes in response to Britain's decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats.
They were ordered to leave over the incident on 4 March which the UK government has blamed on Russia.
In a statement, the ministry also said it would close the British Council in Russia and withdraw permission for Britain to open a general consulate in St Petersburg.
Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia Skripal, 33, remain critically ill in hospital, after they were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury, Wiltshire.