has taken against mosco over the case well the british ambassador to moscow nori bristow i was summoned to the russian foreign ministry earlier here's what he said after that meeting. russia. is a friendly place. we lived with him thank you thank you. thank you thank god thank. god we would. say i found against an attack. all right well i'm joined now by our nick is the moscow correspondent for britain's daily telegraph nice paper and it both countries that you know expecting twenty three diplomats from each side is this the end of diplomatic ties between the u.k. and russia. no not yet and the u.k. embassy in moscow will remain open but it should be said that this is an escalation in the diplomatic spat that's been going on the u.k. of course expelled twenty three russian diplomats and said it would take measures to curb russian corruption in the u.k. but russia goes a step further you're not just expelling twenty three british diplomats as was expected but also close in the consulate in st petersburg russia second largest city and also shutting down the british council cultural organi