(Reuters) – Russia will respond proportionally to the expulsions of its diplomats ordered by a number of Western countries, the country’s former president and deputy director of the national security council, Dmitry Medvedev, said on Monday evening.
In a message on Telegram, he wrote that “everyone knows the answer: it will be symmetrical and destructive for bilateral relations”.
“Who did they punish? First, themselves.”
France said on Monday that it would expel “many” Russians with diplomatic status. According to a diplomatic source, 35 people are affected by this measure. Germany announced a similar measure.
Dmitry Medvedev has warned that Russia may decide to close Western embassies in the country. “It will be cheaper for everyone. And we will end up just looking at each other through sights.”
(Report Lidia Kelly; French version Jean Terzian)
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