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    Latest Collateral Damage In U.S.-Russia Spat: An Anglo-American School Is Shut

    The Anglo-American School in St. Petersburg, a beloved institution in part of the expat community, had to shut following the closure of the U.S. and British consulates.
    by Lucian Kim Sep 28, 2018 3 minutes
    The U.S. Consulate building in St. Petersburg, Russia, was closed earlier this year in tit-for-tat diplomatic penalties between the two countries.

    This week 140 schoolchildren in St. Petersburg, Russia, became the latest victims of the chill in U.S.-Russian relations, when they were forced out of their school in a matter of days.

    On Thursday the Anglo-American School in St. Petersburg, founded during the Cold War, posted , saying, "It is with great disappointment that we have to say good-bye." Just a week earlier, city authorities had informed the school that their building was

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