BRUSSELS Germany, Poland and Sweden expelled three Russian diplomats in a coordinated retaliation on Monday for the expulsion of three European Union diplomats by Russia while the EU's foreign policy chief was visiting Moscow last week.
Germany, Poland and Sweden each announced on Monday that a Russian diplomat in their country has been declared persona non grata in retaliation to Moscow expelling European diplomats last week.
The German Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Russia s decision last week was in no way justified .
Moscow alleges that the diplomats from the three European countries it expelled participated in illegal demonstrations in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. The German diplomat in question had merely exercised his function pursuant to the Convention on Diplomatic Relations of observing developments in Russia by lawful means, the German government said.
Germany, Poland and Sweden on Monday each declared a Russian diplomat in their country "persona non grata," retaliating in kind to last week s decision by Moscow to expel diplomats from the three European Union countries over the case of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany, Poland and Sweden on Monday each declared a Russian diplomat in their country “persona non grata,” retaliating in kind to last week’s decision by Moscow to