Moscow – Russia retaliated on Friday against a wave of
expulsions of Russian diplomats from Western countries by expelling
the same number of diplomats from those countries.
Numerous ambassadors were summoned to appear at Russia’s Foreign
Ministry to receive the order for expulsions from the country, amid a
dispute that has devastated Russia’s already tense relations with the
West.
Earlier this week, the United States, Germany and more than 20 other
countries announced that they were expelling Russian diplomats in an
expression of solidarity with Britain.
Britain accuses Russia of perpetrating a chemical weapon attack on a
former Russian double agent, Sergei Skripal, in the southern English
city of Salisbury earlier …read more
Source: Independent Online
