Russia expels 4 German diplomats in spy dispute, Berlin says

22:03, March 30, 2018

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  Commentary: Are reciprocal diplomat expulsions the start of a new Cold War?

  (Photo: VCG)Earlier this month, Britain expelled 23 Russian diplomats following the poisoning of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter by a nerve agent. The UK, backed by a host of other western countries, blamed Russia for the poisoning. Russia denied it was responsible.The US responded by expelling 60 Russian diplomats and ordering the closure of Russia's consulate

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  Video | Russia expels diplomats from 23 countries over Skripal spat

  Russia expelled diplomats from Europe and US on Friday. (Video by People's Daily app)Russia expelled diplomats from 23 countries Friday in a wave of retaliatory measures against the West in a spy row, the biggest wave of tit-for-tat expulsions in recent memory.The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement that it had summoned the heads of missions from 23 countries

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  Expelled Russians arrive home as Moscow warns against travel to UK

  The plane carrying 46 Russian diplomats and their family members at Moscow's Vnukovo airport on Sunday. (Photo: Andrei Borodouline andAnna Smolchenko/ AFP)Russian diplomats expelled from the United States arrived in Moscow on Sunday, with post-Cold War tensions peaking in the wake of a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain.A deepening crisis in ties between Russia and the