
EU nations oust Russia diplomats in Navalny tit-for-tat
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BERLIN — Germany, Poland and Sweden on Monday every declared a Russian diplomat of their nation “personality non grata,” retaliating in type to ultimate week’s choice through Moscow to expel diplomats from the 3 Ecu Union nations over the case of opposition chief Alexei Navalny.
Russia had accused diplomats from Sweden, Poland and Germany of attending an indication in give a boost to of Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s maximum high-profile political foe.
“We've knowledgeable the Russian Ambassador that an individual from the Russian embassy is requested to go away Sweden,” Sweden’s International Minister Ann Linde wrote on Twitter. “It is a transparent reaction to the unacceptable choice to expel a Swedish diplomat who...