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The ten expelled U.S. officials have to depart Russia within a month, the Russian Foreign Ministry said
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MOSCOW, 22 April, 2021 (TON): As a consequence of tit-for-tat retaliation, the U.S. embassy in Moscow has been informed by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday that 10 of its diplomats have to leave the country within a month, i.e. till 21 May.
Summoned deputy chief of the U.S. mission Bartle Gorman and gave him a note declaring these people persona non grata," said the ministry.
The ministry called the decision a mirror-like response to the "unreasonable" expulsion of staffers at the Russian Embassy in Washington and the Russian Consulate General in New York.
On Friday, the ministry announced a package of countermeasures, including the expulsion of 10 U.S. diplomats and an entry ban on eight incumbent and former American high-ranking officials.
However, it vowed to take further steps in the near future, as announced on April 16, in response to a recent series of illegal U.S. sanctions against Russia.
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