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TASS
March 28, 2018
KIEV, March 28. /TASS/. Thirteen Russian diplomats expelled by Kiev in the wake of the ex-spy poisoning case in the United Kingdom will leave Ukraine on Wednesday, a Russian embassy spokesman told TASS. The staff members of the embassy and consulates will comply with the Ukrainian side'sÃâà...
euronews
March 28, 2018
A former Russian ambassador to Britain in the 1990s has told Euronews that there are now real fears of a military clash between the West and his country. The comment came after a wave of expulsions of Russian diplomats from western states in protest at the attack on a former Russian spy in Britain.
WTRF
March 28, 2018
LONDON (AP) - NATO on Tuesday joined a wave of countries and groups expelling Russian diplomats over the nerve-agent attack on a former spy in Britain. Russia denounced the actions as "boorish" and insignificant but pledged to retaliate. The mass expulsions were a show of solidarity for Britain, whichÃâà...
TASS
March 28, 2018
BELGRADE, March 28. /TASS/. Serbia has no plans to join other regional countries in expelling Russian diplomats, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday during a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin. "President Vucic told President Putin that Serbia will not take part in whatever measuresÃâà...
UNIAN
March 28, 2018
The Government of Montenegro has joined other countries in a move to expel Russian diplomats and declared one Russian diplomat persona non grata. ... The U.S. Department of State has announced that 27 countries and NATO have decided to expel 151 Russian diplomats over the poisoning of theÃâà...
The Economist
March 28, 2018
That is the message that Western governments hope President Vladimir Putin will absorb as he digests the co-ordinated expulsion of over 130 Russian diplomats by more than two dozen countries, in response to a nerve-agent attack in Britain. America's decision to throw out 60 Russian officials accused ofÃâà...
Boston 25 News
March 28, 2018
Britain has blamed Russia for the attack, triggering the expulsion of about 150 Russian diplomats from the U.K., U.S. and their Western allies. Russia has vowed to respond, but a senior diplomat said Wednesday there is no hurry to retaliate. Russia vehemently denies Britain's accusation that it was behindÃâà...
FRANCE 24
March 27, 2018
NATO joined two dozen governments around the world Tuesday in expelling Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in Britain, marking what London called a "turning point" in the West's relations with Moscow. The US-led military alliance expelled seven Russian staff and deniedÃâà...
WJHL
March 27, 2018
LONDON (AP) - Australia and Ireland on Tuesday joined more than 20 other nations in expelling Russian diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack on a former Russian military intelligence officer and his daughter in Britain. ... Ireland also announced it was ordering one Russian diplomat to leave.
The Diplomat
March 27, 2018
Australia has decided to expel two Russian diplomats as a response to what the United Kingdom has said was a chemical nerve agent attack on its soil earlier this month. Canberra's decision echoes that of several European states and the United States, which together have announced the expulsion ofÃâà...
ABC News
March 27, 2018
List of countries expelling Russian diplomats ... Two dozen countries including the United States and many European Union states have announced they are expelling a total of more than 130 Russian diplomats, in a show of solidarity with Britain over the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy inÃâà...
CNBC
March 27, 2018
A growing number of countries around the world have announced measures against Moscow following the nerve agent attack in the U.K. in early March. On Monday, the U.S. surprised the world by going much further than expected, expelling 60 Russians. Russia looks increasingly isolated amid globalÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 27, 2018
Outside the EU, Canada, Australia, Ukraine, Macedonia, and Norway also announced expulsions. On March 27, Ireland and Moldova followed suit, becoming the latest countries to order out Russian diplomats. Dublin said it will expel one Russian diplomat, while Chisinau announced it had asked threeÃâà...
BBC News
March 27, 2018
Nato is expelling seven Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in the UK. The international security organisation's chief said the move would send a message to Russia that there are "costs and consequences" for its behaviour. Twenty-six countries have expelled Russian envoys in the past two days,Ãâà...
TIME
March 27, 2018
(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration expelled 60 Russian diplomats on Monday and ordered Russia's consulate in Seattle to close, as the United States and European nations sought to jointly punish Moscow for its alleged role in poisoning an ex-spy in Britain. Senior Trump administration officialsÃâà...
ActionNewsJax.com
March 27, 2018
LONDON (AP) - Australia has become the latest country to announce that it is expelling Russian diplomats in response to the recent nerve agent attack on a former Russian military intelligence officer and his daughter in Britain. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull slammed "reckless and deliberate" conduct byÃâà...
MSNBC
March 27, 2018
Ambassador Chris Hill, MSNBC Diplomacy Contributor, reacts to news of President Trump joining allies in expelling 60 Russian diplomats over the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain -- something that President Putin vehemently denies. “Good luck for Mr. Putin in trying to sell that, but I don't thinkÃâà...
NPR
March 27, 2018
View From Russia On The U.S. Expulsion Of Russian Diplomats ... David Greene talks to Russian journalist Vladimir Pozner for the Kremlin's view on the U.S.and its western allies expelling dozens of Russian diplomats and intelligence officers from their countries. Facebook; Twitter; Flipboard; EmailÃâà...
The Guardian
March 27, 2018
Australia will expel two Russian diplomats as part of global action against Moscow over an alleged nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy living in the UK. The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and the foreign minister, Julie Bishop, issued a joint statement on Tuesday saying two Russian “diplomats”Ãâà...
ABC News
March 27, 2018
Russia's foreign ministry issued a statement today protesting the U.S. and European expulsions of Russian diplomats, calling it a “provocative step” and warning that Russia will respond. It did not say explicitly how it would act, but after the U.K. kicked out 23 Russians this month, Russia expelled 23 BritishÃâà...
UNIAN
March 26, 2018
Of course, the mirror response will be applied in each such case," Peskov told journalists, according to an UNIAN correspondent in Russia. As UNIAN reported earlier, the United States and a number of EU member states will announce on Monday their decision to expel Russian diplomats as a response toÃâà...
Business Insider
March 26, 2018
Australia said on Tuesday it would expel two Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal in the UK earlier this month. "Together with the United Kingdom and other allies and partners, Australia is taking action in response to the recent nerve agent attack in Salisbury, UK," said a statement fromÃâà...
KIIITV.com
March 26, 2018
The United States said Monday that 60 Russian diplomats have one week to pack up and leave. The move, which also includes the closing of the Russian consulate in Seattle, marks the latest retaliation in a political spat that began with the March 4 poisoning of an ex-Russian spy as he shopped with hisÃâà...
CBS News
March 26, 2018
Britain has already expelled 23 Russian diplomats, accusing them of being undeclared intelligence agents, which led Russia to expel the same number of British diplomats. The European Union has already recalled its ambassador to Russia. Britain has accused Moscow of perpetrating the attack. The U.S.Ãâà...
UN News
March 26, 2018
A United Nations spokesman confirmed on Monday that the world body was aware of the announcement by the United States Government of its decision to take action against certain Russian diplomats in the US. “This action may require those members to leave the country,” Deputy UN Spokesman FarhanÃâà...
The Guardian
March 26, 2018
EU members Germany, France and Poland are each to expel four Russian diplomats with intelligence agency backgrounds. Lithuania and the Czech Republic said they would expel three with Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands expelling two each. Estonia, Latvia, Croatia, Finland and Romania expelledÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
March 26, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration expelled 60 Russian diplomats on Monday and ordered Russia's consulate in Seattle to close, as the United States and European nations sought to jointly punish Moscow for its alleged role in poisoning an ex-spy in Britain. Senior Trump administration officialsÃâà...
Reuters TV
March 26, 2018
... >> Senior White House officials have confirmed that 60 Russian diplomats will be expelled from the United States, with the Seattle consulate to close completely. That on the same day that 14 European Union countries, including NATO allies, announced similar measures in the wake of the Sergei SkripalÃâà...
NPR
March 26, 2018
Trump Administration Expelling 60 Russian Diplomats After Use Of Nerve Agent In U.K. ... The U.S. announced Monday the expulsion of dozens of Russian diplomats in response to the alleged poisoning of an ex-Russian double agent in the U.K., but President Trump's response has been muted. Facebook
BBC News
March 26, 2018
Russian ambassadors have been summoned to several European foreign ministries amid reports of imminent diplomatic expulsions, reports say. ... the EU had been expected to expel Russian diplomats this week over the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia on 4 March inÃâà...
CNN
March 26, 2018
President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats the US identified as intelligence agents and the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle, the most forceful action Trump has taken against Russia to date. Of those being expelled, 48 of the alleged intelligence agentsÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 8, 2018
Tillerson, for his part, pleaded ignorance to the fact that the Russian diplomat had sought a meeting. He told reporters that he didn't know Lavrov would be even be in Ethiopia until "a couple of days ago" and didn't learn Moscow had reached out about a meeting until he was already on his way to Africa.
The Hill
March 8, 2018
One congressional aide told Politico that the optics of meeting with a Russian diplomat right now in Washington are so bad that any meeting that took place with Antonov would have to be bipartisan. Attorney General Sessions was attacked for meeting with then-Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the 2016Ãâà...
Business Insider
March 7, 2018
Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter are fighting for their lives after being exposed to a mystery substance. Russia has denied knowing anything about the case. The country's embassy in the UK went one step further, accusing British journalists of vilifying Russia.
Politico
March 7, 2018
Russia's new ambassador to the United States has been described as both ruthless and charming. Since his arrival in Washington six months ago, he has emphasized the charm — hosting parties, giving speeches and even launching a bluegrass-backed embassy podcast at a moment of bitterÃâà...
TASS
March 6, 2018
... the policies of the current Ukrainian government," he said. "But as far as Donbass is concerned, of course, the EU places its hopes in the Normandy format. Sometimes I have the impression that the other member states have delegated authority to Germany and France," the Russian ambassador added.
TASS
December 31, 1999
MOSCOW, March 2. /TASS/. Moscow is prepared to see Washington take any unfriendly steps before or after the March 18 presidential election in Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told TASS on Friday. "I would not like to think that it will come to that, but anything can happen, in view of theÃâà...
TASS
December 31, 1999
MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Syria's Ambassador in Moscow Riyad Haddad held talks on Saturday, discussing implementation of the United Nations ceasefire resolution and provocations staged by militants in Eastern Ghouta, says a statement posted on the RussianÃâà...
