Original title: tit for tat! Russia ordered some US diplomats to leave the country within a time limit

Figure: US embassy in Russia
Overseas network, December 2 (Xinhua) the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday (1st) local time that American diplomats working in Moscow for more than three years must leave the country before January 31 next year.
According to foreign media such as Anadolu news agency, Maria Zakharova, spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said at a news conference in Moscow that the deadline for departure is the next step in the ongoing diplomatic dispute between Russia and the United States, which was initiated by Washington. Zaharova said that for some time, the United States has been creating difficulties for Russian diplomats sent to the United States by refusing visas and restricting movement. Zaharova said that Russia believed that ordering a deadline for departure was tit for tat to the United States, which had forced 27 Russian diplomats to leave the country before the end of January 2022.
Zaharova added that Moscow had long delayed the move and hoped that Washington would reconsider its decision. Zaharova stressed that the behavior of the United States & ldquo; The Russian side has the right to send representatives and diplomats and decide on its own the length of stay in the host country in accordance with the laws and rules formulated by the host country;. (overseas network Hou Xingchuan)
 
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