As expected, Russia has retaliated to the expulsion of Russian diplomats by expelling American diplomats.
BBC:
Russia has expelled 60 US diplomats and closed the country’s St Petersburg consulate in a tit-for-tat response to US action over a spy poisoning case in the UK.
The moves were announced by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
It comes amid a row over the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in southern England.
Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found unconscious on a bench in the city of Salisbury on 4 March.
More than 20 countries have expelled Russian envoys, in solidarity with the UK, which has blamed Moscow for the attack.
The entire premise behind the initial expulsion of Russian diplomats has been absurd. The UK has presented no proof that the Russians poisoned this anybody with chemical weapons. Yet despite this, their story has been taken at face value.
Hopefully this is the end of this chicanery. The last thing we need is the West fighting a war against Russia. It would be a disaster for the world and there’s only one group that would benefit.
