Washington Joins its Western Partners and Expels 60 Russian Diplomats in Response to Russia’s Misconduct

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The US State Department summoned the Russian ambassador to let him know that 60 of his diplomats had a week to leave American soil.

The Russian targeted for expulsion are suspected of being intelligence officers working hard to collect intelligence in the United States. All expelled are scattered through the US territory, from New York City at the United Nations to Seattle and Washington DC.

This makes a total of nearly 150 Russian diplomats expelled in two weeks’ time around the world – and more than 100 in one day. The Russian responded to the United Kingdom in kind by expelling 23 diplomats, and it has already vowed to answer to this massive wave of expulsions worldwide.