Russian President Vladimir Putin will not kick out American diplomats in response to President Barack Obama’s expulsion of 35 Russian spies.”Although we have the right to retaliate,” Putin said in a statement, “we will not resort to irresponsible ‘kitchen’ diplomacy but will plan our further steps to restore Russian-U.S. relations based on the policies of the Trump Administration.””We will not create any problems for U.S. diplomats,” he added. “We will not expel anyone.”Obama on Thursday ordered 35 Russian diplomats and their families to leave the country by noon Sunday for using their protected status as cover for spy work.The announcement …read more
Source: POLITICO – U.S. Edition
