Russia’s Foreign Minister has accused Washington of blackmailing other countries to join a coordinated wave of diplomat expulsions over a nerve agent attack in the U.K., warning the Kremlin would “not tolerate such impudence.” Speaking the day after 23 Western countries announced they’d expel more than 115 Russian diplomats in a collective response to the recent attack on an ex–Russian spy and his daughter, Sergei Lavrov directed his ire at the United States, which accounted for most of the expulsions. The poisoning attempt involved a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia. “When one or two …read more
Source: VICE News
