American head Donald trump is ready to expel Russian diplomats from the United States because of "things Skripal," reports Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the situation.
according to sources, trump agreed with the recommendations of its advisers. On the expulsion of diplomats May declare on the first day of the week on March 26. The interlocutors of the Agency's fear that the President's decision is not final.
According to sources, before the expulsion of diplomats, trump wants to make sure that the European allies will Also take similar steps. The white house until not responded to the request Last news About the possible expulsion of Russian diplomats.
As stated the official authorized state Department Heather Nauert, " the U.S. is considering various options of response to the outrageous actions of Russia in the UK, and to show solidarity with our ally, and to attract Russian Federation responsible for a clear violation of international norms and agreements ", but added that as long as the state Department was unable to announce any measures.
first British print newspaper the Times wrote that the expulsion of Russian diplomats are preparing two dozen European countries, and among them France, Germany, Poland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Such steps are viewed as measures against Russia from the EU, but each state will make the decision on their own. Relations between Russia and the West very quickly escalated in connection with the incident in the British city of Salisbury, where on March 4, poisoned ex-GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal, who worked for the English intelligence service, and his daughter Julia. London says that they used the substance developed during the Soviet program of "Rookie" and accused of belonging to the poisoning of the Russian Federation. In the USSR the project with the same name does not exist, and in the designation system used numbers. The name of the "Newcomer" foreign media published with the filing of the Soviet scientist Vila Mirzayanov, who had no relation to the creation of weapons of mass destruction.
London has already sent 23 Russian policy and to freeze all contacts with Moscow at the highest level. Russia responded with a mirror, declaring "persona non grata" employees of the British Embassy, withdrawing permission to open a Consulate in St. Petersburg and stopping the operation of the British Council.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called all the attacks against Russia are nonsense. He noticed that the entire inventory of Russian weapons of mass destruction in the past year destroyed under the supervision of international observers. He also said that Moscow is ready to cooperate in the investigation of the poisoning, but this requires interest from London.
in the state Duma stressed that if the United States agreed to the expulsion of Russian diplomats, Moscow will promptly take 'mirror' measures.
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