RT: Putin: 755 US diplomats to depart Russia, time to show we won’t leave anything unanswered
More than 750 American diplomats will have to leave Russia as a result of Washington's own policies, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in an exclusive interview with the Rossiya 1 TV channel.
"The American side has made a move which, it is important to note, hasn't been provoked by anything, to worsen Russian-US relations. [It includes] unlawful restrictions, attempts to influence other states of the world, including our allies, who are interested in developing and keeping relations with Russia," Putin told channel host, Vladimir Solovyov, Sunday.
"We've been waiting for quite a long time that maybe something would change for the better, we had hopes that the situation would change. But it looks like, it's not going to change in the near future... I decided that it is time for us to show that we will not leave anything unanswered," the Russian president added.
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WNU Editor: When Russia declared a few days ago that the U.S. must cut its diplomatic staff in Russia to meet the same numbers of Russian diplomats in the U.S. .... with the exception of Reuters no one bothered to check-out how many diplomats were involved until Russian President Putin himself said today that 755 US diplomats must leave. In the past I knew that the U.S. diplomatic presence in Russia was big .... but I will admit that I am shocked that the number is this big. I cannot recollect any time in the past when this many U.S. diplomats were told to leave. As to when must these diplomats leave .... I am hearing on Russian news that they must leave by September 1.
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