ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Amid a Russia-West diplomatic dispute, envoys at the U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg have paused for some pizza.
A van delivered more than 20 pizzas Friday to the consulate, which Moscow ordered to shut down amid the escalating diplomatic war between Russia and the West. The closure of the consulate in Russia’s second-largest city mirrors the U.S. move to shut the Russian consulate in Seattle.
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