China News Service, April 28. According to a report from the Russian Satellite Network on the 28th, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the expulsion of 2 Lithuanian embassy staff, 1 Latvian embassy staff, 1 Estonian embassy staff, and 3 Slovak diplomatic staff. Departure within 7 days.
According to reports, Russia has strongly protested to the representatives of these countries.
Earlier, they declared several Russian diplomats unwelcome, expressing their solidarity with the Czech Republic.
The report pointed out that recently, relations between Russia and Western countries have continued to deteriorate.
In recent weeks, many countries including the United States, Ukraine, and the Czech Republic have expelled the staff of Russian diplomatic missions for different reasons.
The Russian side has since made response measures.
In this regard, many officials from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the State Duma, and the Federal Council (upper house of parliament) stated that the United States is the "general plan" of this diplomatic expulsion war, and that many countries expel Russian diplomats have "traces of the United States" behind them. , "To closely follow the pace of the United States."
On April 26, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova announced that the United States was included in the list of "unfriendly countries". The countries on the list are not allowed to hire Russian citizens to work in their diplomatic institutions.