Russia has expelled a Swedish diplomat – apparently in retaliation for a similar move by authorities in Stockholm.
The Foreign Ministry in Moscow said in a statement that it was making a Swedish diplomat “persona non grata” in response to an “unfriendly action” against a Russian diplomat in Sweden.
Tensions between the two countries have been building since the Ukraine crisis erupted and Sweden’s security service has accused Russia of using as many as a third of its diplomatic staff there for illicit intelligence gathering.
Russia did not identify either diplomat or give further details but added that “Stockholm bears full responsibility for the consequences of this provocation”… see more
source: skynews
Tags: Diplomatic spat, Politics, Russia, Sweden
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