Thomson ReutersRussia has been forced to cut the size of its embassy in London after Britain delayed granting visas for months to dozens of its staff including career diplomats, the Russian ambassador said on Friday.
Russia and Britain have repeatedly clashed publicly over Syria, Ukraine and the 2006 London murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said earlier this month that Russia risked becoming a pariah nation if it continued to bomb civilian sites in Syria and urged protesters to demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in London.
In an unusual public intervention that indicates how testy relations have …read more
Source: Business Insider
