“We & nbsp; regard the US demand as a deportation and & nbsp; intend to respond accordingly. By & nbsp; 31 & nbsp; January 2022 & nbsp; g. Employees of the US Embassy in & nbsp; Moscow, who have been on a business trip for more than three years & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; should leave Russia; she said.
According to & nbsp; she said, if the US does not & nbsp; give up the & nbsp; three-year restriction and & nbsp; does not & nbsp; compromise, the next American diplomatic workers will be sent to & nbsp; USA from & nbsp; Russia until & nbsp; 1 & nbsp; 1 & nbsp; 1 & nbsp; 22 & nbsp; g.
“ Until & nbsp; 1 & nbsp; July next year, if Washington does not & nbsp; abandon the & nbsp; three-year rule and & nbsp; does & nbsp; compromise, workers will still leave in & nbsp; total number, commensurate with the State Department's announced & nbsp; numbers & nbsp; added by Zakharova.
On November 27, Russian Ambassador to the & nbsp; USA Anatoly Antonov on the & nbsp; air of the YouTube channel Soloviev Live said that & nbsp; 27 diplomats with & nbsp; families will be forced to leave the United States on January 30 & nbsp;. A similar number of Russian diplomatic workers will leave the country on June 30 & nbsp; next year. Deputy State Department spokesman Jalina Porter said that & nbsp; the departure of Russian diplomats from the & nbsp; USA is not & nbsp; expulsion and & nbsp; a punitive measure. She also said that & nbsp; Russia limits the period of stay of American diplomats in & nbsp; its territory by three years, so the US authorities have introduced a similar retaliatory measure.
Antonov said in & nbsp; the & nbsp; statement about & nbsp; limiting the period of stay by the Russian side American diplomats in & nbsp; Russia and & nbsp; words about & nbsp; that & nbsp; the United States did not & nbsp; expel Russian diplomats, & nbsp; & mdash; deliberate distortion of facts that is not & nbsp; related to & nbsp; reality. According to & nbsp; he said, it was the State Department in & nbsp; December 2020 & nbsp; g. & nbsp; unilaterally set a three-year limit on long-term business trips for embassy staff in & nbsp; Washington and & nbsp; Russian consulates general in & nbsp; New York and & nbsp; Houston.