On Wednesday, March 23, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of American diplomats declared persona non grata.
The website of the Russian Foreign Ministry says that a note with a list was handed to the senior diplomat of the US diplomatic mission in Moscow.
The Foreign Ministry says that this step is a response to Washington’s expulsion of diplomats from the Russian permanent mission to the UN in New York, as well as a Russian employee of the UN secretariat.
“The American side has been firmly told that any hostile actions of the United States against Russia will receive a decisive and adequate response,” the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.