Russia’s foreign ministry has requested President Vladimir Putin turf out 35 American diplomats from the country in a tit-for-tat response to a similar move by Washington, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. “Russia’s foreign ministry… has requested that the Russian president approve declaring as personae non gratae 31 employees of ...
Russia on Thursday pledged “adequate reprisals” over US sanctions and accused Washington of trying to destroy ties. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia “categorically” rejected US claims of meddling in its presidential election after Washington imposed tough sanctions on the country’s top two intelligence agencies, expelled agents and shut down ...
