Friday, April 16, 2021

Russia to expel 10 US diplomats in response to US sanctions | Al Jazeera

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov


Russia has responded in kind to a barrage of new sanctions by the United States, saying it would expel 10 US diplomats and take other retaliatory moves in a tense showdown with Washington.



Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday also said Moscow will add eight US administration officials to its sanctions list and move to restrict and stop the activities of US non-government organisations from interfering in Russia’s politics.

On Thursday, the US had announced new sanctions and the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats in retaliation for what Washington says is interference by the Kremlin in the US election, a massive cyberattack and other hostile activity.

“We will respond to this measure in a tit-for-tat manner. We will ask 10 US diplomats in Russia to leave the country,” Lavrov told reporters.

He said the Kremlin suggested that US ambassador John Sullivan follow the example of his Russian counterpart and head home for consultations.

Russia will also move to deny the US embassy the possibility of hiring personnel from Russia and third countries as support staff.

“That is because Russia says, in their missions in the US, they only hire Russians,” said Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith, speaking from Moscow.

“For the US, that could affect everyone from drivers and cleaners to analysts and other individuals who may be working in US diplomatic missions in Russia. So that could potentially make life difficult for the Americans here.”

Smith also said that Lavrov threatened to go “a bit further” if the US escalates its own sanctions, by asking the US to remove the 150 Russian personnel working in the United Nations.

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 El Ministerio de Exteriores de Rusia ha publicado este viernes una lista de medidas en respuesta a las sanciones de EE.UU. impuestas el 15 de abril. 

Desde la Cancillería rusa han señalado que las acciones de EE.UU. contra el país no pueden permanecer sin respuesta. 

"Se ha advertido repetidamente y se ha demostrado en la práctica que las sanciones y otras presiones no solo están condenadas al fracaso, sino que también tendrán consecuencias perjudiciales para quienes deciden hacer tales provocaciones", reza el comunicado oficial.

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  1. Russia is hitting back against US sanctions, banning the entry of a slew of high-ranking officials after Washington banned a list of bigwigs from Moscow – a move that set the tone in relations with the newly elected US president.

    Among the list of US figures blocked from entering Russia from Friday are FBI Director Christopher Wray, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice, and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines.

    Others blocked from the country include Director of Federal Bureau of Prisons Michael Carvajal, former National Security Advisor John Bolton, and former CIA Director James Woolsey....rt

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