Broad political criticism: "Three expelled diplomats are too few"

Country after country in the EU has decided to expel Russian diplomats.

Germany 40, France 35, Italy 30, Spain 25, Denmark 15.

So when Foreign Minister Ann Linde announced on Tuesday that Sweden is expelling 3 Russian diplomats, many reacted over the number.

- Three is too little.

When the security police say that a third of the Russian diplomats are intelligence officers, then that third should have been expelled, says Hans Wallmark, the Moderates' foreign policy spokesman.

Center Party: "It is weak"

Annie Lööf, the Center Party's party leader, writes on Twitter: "Sweden must immediately deport the designated intelligence agents from Russia and Belarus."

The party believes that three diplomats is not enough.

- It was weak, there are more to expel from Sweden, writes Kerstin Lundgren, foreign policy spokesperson, in a comment.

Mikael Oscarsson, foreign policy spokesman for the Christian Democrats, also reacts to the numbers.

- I think it is incomprehensibly acted, both for the Swedish people and for the outside world.

It is strange that you do not listen to Säpo, he tells TT.

- Then it is very difficult to understand Linde's actions and not least considering what happened to the war crimes this weekend.

Sweden Democrats: "Inexplicably slow"

The Sweden Democrats also think that three is too little when Säpo judges that ten are intelligence agents.

"The Sweden Democrats were among the first to demand that Russian spies be expelled, something we went out with 2 days into this horrific war.

Why the government has acted so slowly can not be explained, "they write on Facebook.

But not everyone is critical.

The Left Party writes in a comment to SVT that they assume that the government listens to Säpo's assessments.

"By all accounts, there are more Russian diplomats who may be eligible for deportation and I assume that the government is very clear towards Russia here and listens carefully to Säpo's assessments," writes Hanna Gunnarsson, defense policy spokeswoman for the Left Party.

And the Green Party's spokesman Per Bolund welcomes the news of the expulsion.

"It is good that Sweden is expelling the three Russian diplomats who have been engaged in illegal intelligence activities.

Now Sweden must also beat Putin where it makes the most difference and stop Russian oil and gas, "writes Per Bolund in a comment to SVT.