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Russia tackles Washington, says will expel US diplomats, sanction officials

Moscow recommends American ambassador to leave country for ‘consultations’

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 17 Apr 2021 12:06AM

Russia tackles Washington, says will expel US diplomats, sanction officials
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow will ask 10 US diplomats and its envoy to leave the country. – AFP pic, April 16, 2021

MOSCOW – Russia said today it would expel US diplomats and sanction US officials in tit-for-tat measures against Washington and also recommended that the US ambassador in Moscow leave the country for “consultations”.

“We will respond to this measure in a tit-for-tat manner. We will ask 10 US diplomats in Russia to leave the country,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.

He also said that President Vladimir Putin’s top foreign policy aide, Yury Ushakov, had recommended that US envoy John Sullivan leave for Washington to conduct “serious consultations”. – AFP, April 16, 2021

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