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Marie Sharp

Edinburgh councillors call for Russian Consulate staff to be expelled from city

The Foreign Office will be asked to expel Russian diplomatic staff from Edinburgh after the city council agreed to tell the Russian Ambassador his Consulate is no longer welcome.

Edinburgh City councillors have unanimously agreed to take action against the Russian State as long as the war against Ukraine continues.

At a virtual meeting earlier today members supported a call from deputy council leader Cammy Day to make it clear to the Consulate that it was not welcome while the war continued.

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