Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov: Moscow will respond to Washington for the expulsion of 27 diplomats from the United States and against their will. This was stated by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov, writes “Interfax”.
“They were warned that in order to avoid further staff reductions, they must stop,” the agency quoted the diplomat as saying. Ryabkov stressed that the Russian side does not want a confrontation, but “cannot but respond in this genre.”