The other day we reported that the Trump administration had expelled 60 Russian diplomats and closed their consulate over their poisoning of a British double-agent spy.
Now Russia has responded doing the same thing, expelling 60 US diplomats and closing our consulate in St. Petersburg:
BBC – Russia has expelled 60 US diplomats and closed the country’s St Petersburg consulate in 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.
Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were found unconscious on a bench in the city of Salisbury, in Wiltshire, on 4 March.
More than 20 countries have expelled Russian envoys, in solidarity with the UK, which has blamed Moscow for the attack.
Russia has vehemently denied any role. Mr Skripal remains in a critical but stable condition. His daughter’s condition is said to be improving.
As the article suggests, more than 20 countries participated in the expelling of Russian diplomats. Russia has, in a very tit for tat way, done the same to all countries:
60 US Diplomats (150 total) to be expelled by Russia.
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 29, 2018
In a move that surprises absolutely noone.