Russia said on Monday (17/11/2014) it has expelled a German diplomat and a number of Polish diplomats in response to the expulsion of its diplomats amid cooling ties with the EU over Ukraine.
Moscow said the German was expelled from Moscow in a retaliatory measure for what it described as an “unfriendly” step earlier by Berlin of expelling a Russian diplomat.
German newsweekly Der Spiegel had reported the expulsion of a German diplomat from Moscow at the weekend, saying it came after Berlin had expelled a Russian diplomat from Russia’s consulate-general in Bonn.
The Russian foreign ministry insisted that the incident was unrelated …read more
Source: Herald LIVE
