US diplomats leave consulate in St. Petersburg
The Freightliner minibus carrying the last diplomatic staff left the US Consulate General building in St. Petersburg on Sunday night, Sputnik correspondent reported.
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| US Consulate General in St. Petersburg. Photo: SputnijSputnik |
It was previously reported that on March 31 at around 19:25 Moscow time, the US flag was removed from the US Consulate General building on Furshtadtskaya Street.
As Sputnik correspondents reported, at 23:40 a group of 5-7 people, presumably American diplomats, left the building. The Freightliner minibus transported those who came out of the US Consulate General. After that, the department responsible for receiving the building also left.
One of the uniformed men near the building told reporters that the committee had completed its work, the consulate's technical staff was still in the building.
"At 10 p.m., as agreed with the Russian Foreign Ministry, the diplomats left the building," the man said, and then he got into a police car.
