Russia moves to expel 35 US diplomats: foreign minister

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Russia moves to expel 35 US diplomats: foreign minister
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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 over hacking allegations, Moscow's top diplomat said Friday.

"Russia's foreign ministry... has requested that the Russian president approve declaring as personae non gratae 31 employees of the US embassy in Moscow and four diplomats from the US consulate in Saint Petersburg," Lavrov said in televised comments.

The ministry is also seeking to ban diplomats from using a holiday home located in western Moscow and a warehouse in the north of the city, Lavrov said, after President Barack Obama said the US would close two Russian compounds.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/russia-pledges-reprisals-for-us-hacking-punishment/article/482647#ixzz4UJu7CK8X

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Looks like this will not happen.


“We reserve the right to retaliate, but we will not sink to the level of this irresponsible ‘kitchen’ diplomacy. We will take further moves on restoring Russian-American relations based on the policies that the administration of President-elect Donald Trump adopts,”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-30/putin-stunner-we-will-not-expel-anyone-we-refuse-sink-obamas-level

Which picks it up from here: http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/53678 (It's in Russian and needs to be translated)