Russia Is Expelling 60 US Diplomats
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March 29, 2018The Trump administration recently announced it was expelling dozens of Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the UK. The Trump administration also announced it would close the Russian consulate in Seattle “due to its proximity to one of our submarine bases and Boeing.”
“The United States takes this action in conjunction with our NATO allies, and partners around the world in response with Russia’s use of a military grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom — the latest in its ongoing pattern of destabilizing activities around the world,” the White House said in a statement.
“Today’s actions make the United States safer by reducing Russia’s ability to spy on Americans, and to conduct covert operations that threaten America’s national security,” the statement continued. “With these steps, the United States and our allies and partners make clear to Russia that its actions have consequences.”
Russia is retaliating by expelling 60 US diplomats.
Russia has expelled 60 US diplomats and closed the country’s St Petersburg consulate in a tit-for-tat response to US action over a spy poisoning case in the UK.
The moves were announced by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
It comes amid a row over the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in southern England.
They’re also closing the US consulate in Saint Petersburg.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia will close down the U.S. consulate in St Petersburg and expel 60 U.S. diplomats in response to the U.S. expelling 60 Russian diplomats and closing the Russian consulate in Seattle over the nerve agent attack in Salisbury
— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) March 29, 2018
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia will "respond in kind" to the countries which have expelled Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal
— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) March 29, 2018
Raise your hand if you’re shocked by this.
Mr Lavrov said that the US ambassador had been informed of “retaliatory measures”.
He said they included “the expulsion of the equivalent number of diplomats and our decision to withdraw permission for the functioning of the US consulate general in Saint Petersburg”.
The tango continues…
h/t BBC
