Russia tests new ICBM as diplomatic standoff escalates
Source: CBS News
The U.S. Ambassador to Russia is protesting Moscow's response in the diplomatic fight over the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy. Russia has ordered 60 U.S. diplomats out of the country and will close the American consulate in Saint Petersburg.
That follows the U.S. expulsion of 60 Russians, part of a worldwide effort to condemn the Kremlin for the March 4 nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England.
In another clear signal to the West, Russia released video on Friday of a test launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile. NATO's name for the ICBM is "Satan Two." It's capable of carrying 10 to 15 nuclear warheads. The video is evidence of Russia's second test of the missile since December.
Russia summoned ambassadors on Friday from at least nine European Union states -- all of which expelled Russian diplomats in solidarity with the U.K. -- to the Foreign Ministry in Moscow. The diplomats were arriving one after another to be handed expulsion notices.
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