Moscow expels diplomats of countries that kicked out Russians
Rizvi: In a tit-for-tat response, the Russian Foreign Ministry has expelled some embassy and consulate staff of countries which earlier ordered Russian diplomats to leave. Moscow is ousting the same number of people other states have.
On Friday, the foreign ministry summoned the heads of diplomatic missions whose countries announced a number of Russian diplomats persona non grata in what they called solidarity with the UK. London is accusing Moscow of poisoning double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia earlier in March, even though the investigation is still underway and no evidence against Russia has been produced.
In a tit-for-tat response, Moscow has handed notes of protest to the ambassadors and announced the expulsions of the same number of diplomats – on average, between one to four diplomats. They were given several days to leave the country. Diplomats expelled from Russia:US: 60,UK: 23,Ukraine: 13,Canada: 4,Poland: 4,Germany: 4,Czech Republic: 3,Lithuania: 3,Moldova: 3,Denmark: 2,Spain: 2,Italy: 2,Netherlands: 2,Latvia: 1,Norway: 1,Romania: 1,Finland: 1,Croatia: 1,Sweden: 1,Estonia:1 , Ireland: 1.
Source: Russian Times.