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US expels 2 Russian diplomats after Moscow expelled American diplomats last month
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/06/politics/us-expels-russian-diplomats/index.html
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Two Russian diplomats have been expelled from Moscow’s embassy in Washington, the US State Department confirmed Friday.
“The Department will not tolerate the Russian government’s pattern of harassment of our diplomats,” the spokesperson said in an emailed statement.
The retaliatory expulsions come at a time of incredible tension between the two countries as Russia continues to fight in Ukraine following its invasion last year.
In mid-September, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller warned that the US would respond to the expulsion of two US diplomats from Russia “expeditiously.”
Last month, US Ambassador Lynne Tracy was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry and informed that the two diplomats – Jeffrey Sillin and David Bernstein – had been declared as “persona non grata,” which means they had to leave the country within a week.
“These persons carried out illegal activities, maintaining contact with Russian citizen (Robert) Shonov, accused of ‘confidential cooperation’ with a foreign state, who was given tasks for financial compensation aimed at harming the national security of the Russian Federation,” the ministry said.
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