The Foreign Ministry threatened to expel another group of US Embassy staff from Russia before July 1 
Washington, until July 1, 2022, another group of employees of the US diplomatic mission in Moscow will leave the territory of the Russian Federation. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, quoted by RIA Novosti.
“If Washington does not abandon the three-year rule and does not compromise, workers will still leave in a total number commensurate with the number of Russians announced by the State Department,” – the diplomat threatened.
According to Zakharova, a similar demand is presented to Russian diplomats, in fact, they are expelled after three years of work.
This is how the diplomat commented on Washington’s demand made against the employees of the Russian diplomatic mission in USA. 27 Russian diplomats are due to leave the country on January 30, and the same number will leave on June 30, 2022: that is, only 54 people.
“We view the American demand precisely as expulsion and intend to react accordingly. By January 31, 2022, employees of the US Embassy, who have been in Moscow for more than three years, should leave Russia, “Zakharova announced.
At the same time, the deputy head of the US State Department's press service, Jalina Porter, said that the departure of Russian diplomats, scheduled for 2022 cannot be viewed as their expulsion or punitive measure. However, the Russian ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, on the contrary, spoke of being forced to leave. In particular, the United States rejects all of Russia's proposals to restore inter-parliamentary ties, rejects requests for meetings in Congress, and refuses to listen to Russian arguments.