Moscow will answer Washington on expulsion of 27 Russian diplomats from the USA, even in spite of their wishes. This was stated by the Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Ryabkov, writes Interfax.
“they were warned that in order to avoid further reducing staff, they should stop,” the agency of the word diplomat leads. Ryabkov stressed that the Russian side does not want confrontation, but “can not be not responsible in such a genre.”
The fact that 27 employees of the Russian diplomatic department will have to leave the United States before on January 30, earlier on November 29, the Russian ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said. As many diplomats, together with families, will be forced to leave in six months – by June 30.