“In order to expel so many diplomats, you first need to have so many - this is the first thing.

Secondly, these are rather emotional demands.

Apparently, they don't even know how many Russian diplomats are working there, ”Peskov said.

According to the presidential press secretary, US policy towards Russia leads to "suffering of the peoples of the two countries."

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry reacted to the proposal of US senators to expel 300 Russian diplomats.

On October 5, four US senators - Marco Rubio, Mark Warner, Jim Riesch and Robert Menendez - asked US President Joe Biden to expel 300 Russian diplomats from the country if the Russian authorities did not agree to expand the American embassy in Moscow.