The Russian Foreign Ministry decided to expel German diplomats from the country as a «mirror» response to the mass expulsion of employees of Russian embassies in Germany. This was reported on the agency's website.
As a source in the ministry told Rise, 20 people flew out of Berlin. The embassy staff will be delivered to Vnukovo on IL-96 of the Rossiya special detachment today at about 4 p.m.
Russia plans to reduce the maximum number of employees of German diplomatic missions in the country, the Foreign Ministry added. The ministry also accused Berlin of «demonstrative destruction of the entire array of Russian-German relations, including their diplomatic dimension.»
“It is significant that the German side, despite its repeated assurances of its unwillingness to advertise this story, violated them by informing the representatives of the media about its idea, which it regularly uses to organize“ controlled leaks ” and disinformation «stuffing», — said in the publication of the department.