Russian Ambassador to Washington Antonov: 27 Russian diplomats will leave the United States on January 30 
Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said on YouTube “Soloviev Live” that 27 Russian diplomats will leave the United States on January 30th.
“Our diplomats are being kicked out. On January 30, 27 people with their families will leave us, and on June 30, a similar number will leave here, “the diplomat explained.
Antonov stressed that the spouses of the diplomatic corps employees are deprived of their accreditation, children are not issued visas. He called this behavior of Washington a policy of separation of families, despite the declared respect for family values.
The ambassador also said that the United States rejects all proposals from Russia to restore inter-parliamentary ties, rejects requests for meetings in Congress and refuses to listen to Russian arguments .
In August, US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan announced a large disparity in the number of diplomats in the two states. So, in Russia there are 123 employees of the embassy, and in the United States – 400 Russian diplomats, distributed between the embassy, two consulates and a permanent mission to the UN.