Russia dismisss 60 U-S diplomats

And Russia has retaliated against the United States for that country's actions in the wake of the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Source: AAP

Russia has ordered 60 U-S diplomats to leave Russia next week, and is closing the U-S consulate in the country's second-largest city, St Petersburg.

The U-S had previously ordered a similar number of Russian diplomats to leave the U-S as a reaction to the Skripal incident.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says countries are ganging up on Russia.

He says Russia wants to establish what it sees as the truth.

 

حمّل تطبيق أس بي أس الجديد للاستماع لبرامجكم المفضلة باللغة العربية.

مستخدمو الآي فون: حمّل التطبيق هنا.

مستخدمو الأندرويد: حمّل التطبيق هنا.

 


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By Manal Al-Ani
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