Russia may expel 40 French diplomats
As it became known to Kommersant, the Ambassador of Justice in Russia, Pierre Levy, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry today, May 18. Obedience is expected to be announced for the expulsion of 40 French diplomats from Russia in response to a similar move by France. Also in the Russian Foreign Ministry there was a request from the Spanish Ambassador Marcos Gomez Martinez, he will also be announced about the retaliatory measures transmitted by RIA Novosti in the Foreign Ministry.
Western countries are expelling Russian diplomats in response to a military rifle carried out by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, launched on February 24. In September, dozens of employees of the Russian diplomatic mission were heard from Paris. The French Foreign Ministry then said that the actions of diplomats “contrary to the public interests” of France. The Russian Embassy provoked a protest, Moscow could give a “mirror response”.
Spain expelled about 25 Russian diplomats in April. The head of the Spanish Foreign Ministry, Jose Manuel Albarez, said that representatives of the Russian diplomatic mission “represent the interests of the country’s security.” In total, more than 300 Russian diplomats were expelled from the United States and countries with the start of the European operation in Ukraine.
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