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US Consulate orders pizza after Russia orders it shut down

By Associated Press
Published March 30, 2018 2:12pm ET
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US Consulate orders pizza after Russia orders it shut down
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 […]

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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