“Russia’s mirror response is fully literate. This is customary in international relations ... Our country acted strictly within the framework of international customs and traditions, ”he said.
According to Manoilo, the Russian response can be considered "soft, polite and tactful," because the diplomats were given grace time, they must leave within a week, and usually they give 24 hours for training.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, guided by the principle of reciprocity, decided to declare two persons of the German embassy to be non grata persons.
On December 4, the German Foreign Ministry declared non-grata two employees of the Russian Embassy in Berlin.