US agents close Russian trade mission

WASHINGTON, D.C.: US federal agents -

is part of a group of properties Washington has ordered closed.

- apparently to burn documents at the facility.

- - -

- ried out to secure and protect the - sian government had vacated the

seen on the grounds of the Wash Soviet era.

The trade mission in Washington is one of three diplomatic buildings —including the consulate in San to vacate by Saturday.

planning to search the consulate in

Washington issued the closure order Thursday in retaliation for personnel by September 1.

The number of US diplomatic in the United States.