Cybersecurity
Russia Kicks Out More U.K. Envoys, Hits Back at Other States
- Expulsions come day after Russia orders out 60 U.S. diplomats
- Russia blasts ‘provocative’ U.K. actions on spy-poisoning case
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Russia ordered the U.K. to make deep new cuts at its diplomatic missions one day after Moscow kicked out 60 U.S. envoys, ratcheting up tensions with the West over the poisoning of a former spy.
The U.K. must cut “more than 50” diplomatic and technical staff at its Russian embassy and consulate within a month, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Friday by phone. That will reduce staffing numbers to the same level as Russia’s missions in the U.K., she said.