hacking allegations and the allegations that were made by the state department that u.s. diplomats in moscow have been mistreated and unfairly targeted. they were groundless allegations, the sanctions and the expulsions are illegal under international law. that's the other thing. dimitry peskov said the spokesperson of vladimir putin. we don't know yet what will be the exact response he said but there is no alternative to recipro cap meresip r recipro cal measures so the kremlin giving indication that with the expulsion of 35 of its diplomats from the united states it will be looking at doing the same thing in terms of u.s. diplomats being expelled from here but he said it's up to vladimir putin, the russian president, to decide and this is what he added at the end -- "and he is in no rush to make a decision." that was the briefing we got from the kremlin. very thin in terms of concrete measures but a few hints at what we can expect in the days ahead from the kremlin in terms of a