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Ukraine expels Russian diplomat in tit-for-tat move: ministry
KIEV, April 19, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Monday said it had expelled a Russian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move after Moscow ordered a Ukrainian consul in Saint Petersburg to leave Russia, accusing him of trying to obtain sensitive information.
“Today the Ukrainian foreign ministry sent a note declaring persona non grata one of the advisers of the Russian embassy in Kiev,” foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko told AFP. “He must leave the territory of our state within 72 hours.”
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