Article snippet: President sanctions against Russia that Trump signed into law earlier this month. On July 28, the U.S. ambassador to Russia expressed "strong disappointment and protest" to Russia after it seized two American facilities and called on the U.S. to remove some of its personnel or face expulsion from the country. “We have received the Russian government notification. Ambassador [John] Tefft expressed his strong disappointment and protest,” a State Department official told ABC News. The Russian Foreign Ministry has stated that the U.S. must reduce its diplomatic and technical staff to match the number of Russian staff working in America by Sept. 1. Russia said it currently has 455 staff members working in the U.S. The two facilities Russia seized are a recreational country house outside Moscow and a storage facility in Moscow. ABC News' Conor Finnegan contributed to this report. Link to the full article to read more