washington/moscow u.s. president donald trump sign legislation impose sanction russia white house say friday moscow order unite state cut hundreds diplomatic staff say would seize two u.s. diplomatic properties retaliation bill u.s. senate vote almost unanimously thursday slap new sanction russia force trump choose tough position moscow effectively dash state hop warm tie country veto bill amid investigations possible collusion campaign russia sign bill law trump ease sanction russia unless seek congressional approval moscow retaliation announce foreign ministry friday echo cold war confirm russia move would affect hundreds staff u.s. embassy would far outweigh obama administration expulsion 35 russians december legislation part response conclusions u.s. intelligence agencies russia meddle 2016 u.s. presidential election punish russia annexation crimea 2014. late friday white house issue statement say trump would sign bill review final version statement make reference russia retaliatory measure russia threaten retaliation weeks response suggest set aside initial hop good tie washington trump something u.s. leader elect say want achieve relations already languish post-cold war low allegations russian cyber interference election intend boost trump chance something moscow flatly deny trump deny collusion campaign russian officials russian foreign ministry complain grow anti-russian feel unite state accuse well-known circle seek open confrontation president vladimir putin warn thursday russia would retaliate call boorish u.s. behavior putin spokesman dmitry peskov tell reporters friday senate vote last straw russian foreign minister sergei lavrov tell u.s. secretary state rex tillerson telephone russia ready normalize relations unite state cooperate major global issue lavrov tillerson agree maintain contact range bilateral issue russian foreign ministry say ministry say unite state sept. reduce diplomatic staff russia 455 people number russian diplomats leave unite state washington expel 35 russians december immediately clear many u.s. diplomats workers would force leave either country post interfax news agency cite inform source say hundreds people would affect diplomatic source tell reuters would unite state decide post cut whether occupy u.s. russian nationals official u.s. embassy decline name allow speak media say embassy employ around 1,100 diplomatic support staff russia include russian u.s. citizens russian state television channel rossiya 24 say 700 staff would affect confirm foreign ministry u.s. embassy russian foreign ministry statement say passage bill confirm extreme aggression unite state international affairs deputy foreign minister sergei ryabkov meet outgo u.s. ambassador john tefft friday inform counter measure russian news agencies report u.s. embassy say tefft express strong disappointment protest u.s. diplomatic staff include around 300 u.s. citizens work main embassy moscow others base consulates st petersburg yekaterinburg vladivostok russian foreign ministry say also seize moscow dacha compound use u.s. diplomats recreation aug. well u.s. diplomatic warehouse moscow december outgo obama administration seize two russian diplomatic compound one new york another maryland time expel russian diplomats trump putin meet first time g20 summit germany month side describe productive encounter russian officials become increasingly convince congress trump political opponents allow mend tie even want european union also threaten retaliate new u.s. sanction russia say would harm bloc energy security target project include plan new pipeline bring russian natural gas northern europe european commission spokesman brussels say bloc would follow sanction process closely trump sign russia sanction moscow retaliate