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UK National Security Adviser: Russia Expulsions Just First Step

The Russian Federation flag flies in front of its embassy March 26, 2018 in Washington, United States. The United States government announced Monday that it will expel 60 Russian intelligence officers and order the Russian government to close its consulate in Seattle in response to Russia’s alleged attempt to murder a former spy living in the United Kingdom.
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Posted: March 29th, 2018

As Russia was announcing who it would kick out over the mass expulsion of Russian spies over a nerve agent attack in Britain, the U.K.’s National Security Adviser Mark Sedwill was in Washington Thursday, conferring with Americans on next steps to check Moscow’s aggression.

“It’s mainly about a coherent approach by the Western alliance to a range of aggressive Russian behavior, of which the attack in Salisbury was just the latest, obviously a very acute example,” Sedwill said told a small group of reporters.

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