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Russia Declares 40 German Diplomats Personae Non Gratae in Mirror Response to Berlin

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia has decided to declare 40 German diplomats personae non gratae in a tit-for-tat response to Berlin, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
The ministry mentioned that it summoned the German ambassador in Russia on Monday to lodge a protest over expulsion of 40 Russian diplomats from Germany.

"The German ambassador received a note declaring 40 employees of German diplomatic missions in Russia ‘persona non grata’ as a symmetrical response to the aforementioned decision of the German government," the ministry said in a statement.
In early April, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced that a "substantial number" of Russian diplomats would be expelled in response to what she described as "unbelievable brutality" allegedly committed by the Russian armed forces in the town of Bucha outside Kiev and across Ukraine in general.
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