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White House bars Russian diplomats from Md. riverfront compound
WTOP News (Washington DC) ^ | December 29, 2016 5:49 pm | AP

Posted on 12/29/2016 5:02:32 PM PST by COBOL2Java

CENTREVILLE, Md. (AP) — Russian Federation diplomats will no longer have access to the swanky riverfront compound on Maryland’s Eastern Shore where they played tennis, went sailing and enjoyed respite from the nation’s capital.

As part of the move to punish Russia for its role in hacking the Democratic National Committee and influencing a United States election, President Barack Obama on Thursday announced sanctions that include shuttering the compound.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: compound; diplomats; maryland; obama; russia; trump; trumptransition
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The 45-acre retreat was purchased by the former Soviet Union in 1972
1 posted on 12/29/2016 5:02:32 PM PST by COBOL2Java
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To: COBOL2Java

So it still belongs to Russia?


2 posted on 12/29/2016 5:04:04 PM PST by patro (Phrogs Forever)
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To: patro

I live in Centreville...I have no idea where this is.


3 posted on 12/29/2016 5:04:52 PM PST by freepertoo
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To: COBOL2Java

Barred for a whole 22 days.


4 posted on 12/29/2016 5:05:39 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: freepertoo

Corsica river


5 posted on 12/29/2016 5:07:07 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: patro
So it still belongs to Russia?

Yep, but Obama's not letting them enter it.

6 posted on 12/29/2016 5:07:45 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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Russia for its role in hacking the Democratic National Committee and influencing a United States election

Fake News!
7 posted on 12/29/2016 5:07:51 PM PST by Vision (Best Radio Station Ever: www.MartiniInTheMorning.com)
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To: freepertoo

Md not va


8 posted on 12/29/2016 5:07:53 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: silverleaf

Yeah, I’m in Centreville, Maryland.


9 posted on 12/29/2016 5:11:01 PM PST by freepertoo
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To: COBOL2Java

What are the odds that Trump and Putin have already discussed these childish acts by Obama????


10 posted on 12/29/2016 5:11:31 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: COBOL2Java

Well that’s some crap. That’s something a third world gov would pull if you bought property in a foreign country. “You no stay here.” “You go now.”


11 posted on 12/29/2016 5:13:18 PM PST by patro (Phrogs Forever)
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What are the odds that Trump and Putin have already discussed these childish acts by Obama????

Hopefully they're having a good chuckle over it - I hope!

12 posted on 12/29/2016 5:15:00 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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To: dp0622

Amounts to nothing more than a three-week-long grounding or time-out.


13 posted on 12/29/2016 5:15:35 PM PST by kdmhcdcfld (Use of this tagline without the express written consent of Free Republic is prohibited.)
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To: freepertoo; All

http://washingtonlife.com/issues/summer-2007/EMBASSY-ROW/index.php


14 posted on 12/29/2016 5:16:13 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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What are the odds that Trump and Putin have already discussed these childish acts by Obama????

"Mr. President, do you have a reaction to news that President-elect Trump and President Putin have discussed your punishments to Russia and, to quote Mr. Putin: 'I can wait out that skinny little bastard's childish antics'."


15 posted on 12/29/2016 5:19:53 PM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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To: COBOL2Java

They must understand that that means we won’t be able to use the dachas that we have for our diplomats in Russia?


16 posted on 12/29/2016 5:20:34 PM PST by Dogbert41 (/)
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To: freepertoo

on the Chester r. ....


17 posted on 12/29/2016 5:20:59 PM PST by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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Ah, ha. Got it. Wow, close! Must be in another world, I had no idea.


18 posted on 12/29/2016 5:22:53 PM PST by freepertoo
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To: COBOL2Java

How do they keep them out? They own it.


19 posted on 12/29/2016 5:24:33 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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They have already closed the U.S. embassy guest house
As well as the school


20 posted on 12/29/2016 5:24:56 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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