{"id":9560,"date":"2018-04-01T21:09:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T03:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9560"},"modified":"2018-04-01T21:09:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T03:09:07","slug":"russia-retaliates-expels-us-canada-21-other-nations-diplomats","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/russia-retaliates-expels-us-canada-21-other-nations-diplomats\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia retaliates, expels US, Canada &amp; 21 other nations diplomats"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Skripal case fallout widens<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Russia ordered the expulsion of diplomats from at least 23 countries Friday, as a reciprocal move after those countries expelled Russian diplomats in solidarity with the United Kingdom over the poisoning of a former Russian double agent.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. diplomatic staff began moving out items from the St. Petersburg consulate Friday after Moscow ordered the closing of the consulate and the expulsion of 60 U.S. diplomats on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>People could be seen carrying bags and furniture out of the consulate gates and loading the items into cars.<\/p>\n<p>Russia demanded the U.S. diplomats leave by April 5 in a retaliatory move against Washington which expelled a similar number of Russian diplomats over the poisoning of a former Russian spy, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia in England.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Russia expelled a further 59 diplomats from 23 countries saying it was responding to what it called baseless demands for scores of its own diplomats to leave a slew of mostly Western countries that have joined London and Washington in censuring Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 countries announced this week that they would expel Russian diplomats in support of Britain, which blames Moscow for the March 4 nerve agent attack against Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, on British soil. Russia denies involvement.<\/p>\n<p>According to Russia&#8217;s state-run Sputnik news outlet, Russia has now expelled the following: 13 Ukrainian, four Canadian, four Polish, four German, three Lithuanian, three Czech, three Moldovan, two Italian, two Dutch, two Spanish and two Danish diplomats.<br \/>\nAlso expelled are one Finn, one Latvian, one Swede, one Norwegian, one Romanian, one Croatian and one Irish diplomat, as well as an Estonian military attache.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow reserved the right to respond to Belgium, Hungary, Montenegro and Georgia with regard to their actions over the Skripal case, Sputnik said.<\/p>\n<p>The wave of expulsions comes a day after Russia announced that it would expel 60 US diplomats and close the US consulate in St. Petersburg in retaliation for a similar step by Washington, which said Monday it would be expelling 60 Russian diplomats and closing the Russian consulate in Seattle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hidden-in-basic article__image main-video\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<header class=\"article__header hidden-in-basic\">\n<div class=\"article__meta\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skripal case fallout widens Russia ordered the expulsion of diplomats from at least 23 countries Friday, as a reciprocal move after those countries expelled Russian diplomats in solidarity with the United Kingdom over the poisoning of a former Russian double agent. 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