Employees take down the US flag at the US Consulate General in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 31, 2018. /CFP Photo

Earlier in the day, movers are seen busy loading parcels and boxes into a truck outside the Consulate General building. /CFP Photo

This follows Russia’s decision to expel 60 US diplomats and shut down the US Consulate General in St. Petersburg, in a retaliatory move after more than 150 Russian diplomats were ordered out of the US, the UK, and a number of other nations. /CFP Photo

The expulsions are part of what happened in London in early March, when former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were exposed to a nerve agent./CFP Photo