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© Sputnik / Alexei DanichevDiplomatic mission personnel remove a US flag from the building of the US Consulate-General on Furshtatskaya Street in St. Petersburg
Diplomatic mission personnel remove a US flag from the building of the US Consulate-General on Furshtatskaya Street in St. Petersburg - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US Embassy in Moscow said that it would continue to work on improving US-Russian relations after the closure of the US Consulate General in St. Petersburg.

The mission’s Deputy Chief Anthony Godfrey, Consul General Thomas Leary, and the consulate’s employees had earlier brought down the US flag from the building at 15 Furshtatskaya Street in St. Petersburg, according to the US Embassy in Moscow.

"Now the Consulate [General] is closed, but our work toward improving US-Russian relations continues," the embassy wrote on Twitter.

On Saturday night, US diplomats left the building of the Consulate General in St. Petersburg in line with Russia's demand for the consulate's closure.

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The US flag flies at the US consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 30, 2018. - Sputnik International
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