Russia Expels 23 British Diplomats Over The Nerve Agent Attack On Ex-Spy And His Daughter

The Russian authorities are expelling 23 British diplomats what multiple tabloids say in a retaliation move against the UK's expulsion of 23 Russian spies. The Russian move comes days after the former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in London on March 4. The ministry has said in a statement that Moscow has decided to close the British Council in Russia

Russia To Deport 23 British Diplomats In Retaliatory Move After The UK's Expulsion Of Russian Diplomats

• Russia is expelling 23 UK diplomats from Moscow in a retaliation move.
• Russian foreign ministry revealed about the tit-for-tat on Saturday which comes days after a former Russian spy and his daughter were attacked in London.
• Blaming Russia for the attack the UK announce the expulsion of 23 Russian Diplomats days before, which is the biggest single expulsion in more than 30 years.
• The British Prime Minister  Theresa May said that the Russian move wouldn't change ''the fact of the matter'' of the poisoning.

The Russian authorities are expelling 23 British diplomats what multiple tabloids say in a retaliation move against the UK's expulsion of 23 Russian spies.

The Russian move comes days after the former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in London on March 4.

 

The United Kingdom, on the other hand, blaming Russia for the attack, said it would expel 23 Russian diplomats, the biggest single expulsion in last three decades.

After Russian foreign ministry announced the expulsion, the British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday that Russia's dismissal of British envoys doesn't ''change the facts of the matter'' of the poisoning.

Russia's response doesn't change the facts of the matter - the attempted assassination of two people on British soil, for which there is no alternative conclusion other than that the Russian State was culpable

Before, former Russian agent Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were found unconscious outside a shopping center in Salisbury. Later, it was found that the father-daughter duo was poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent.

According to Aljazeera, Skripal betrayed Russian agents to British intelligence before he was arrested in Moscow in 2004. Later, he was sent to England in exchange for the captured Russian spies.

Meanwhile, the ministry has said in a statement that Moscow has decided to close the British Council in Russia and to withdraw permission for Britain to open a general consulate in St. Petersburg.