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Russian parliament's upper house bans British diplomats

FILE PHOTO: A man stands outside the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, in Moscow, Russia, September 30, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

The Federation Council, the upper chamber of Russia's parliament, on Friday barred British diplomats, including the ambassador, from entering its building.

Speaking at a livestreamed session of the upper chamber's rules committee on Friday, senator Grigory Karasin said that the ban was in response to a British decision to exclude Russian diplomats from its parliament.

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