Andrey Klimov before a meeting of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. Archival photoMOSCOW, April 5Russia's response to France's expulsion of Russian diplomats will be mirror and symmetrical, Andrey Klimov, deputy chairman of the Federation Council committee on international affairs, told RIA Novosti. «Of course, the answer will be mirror and symmetrical,» — he said. Klimov stressed that France and a number of other countries are taking actions to expel Russian diplomatic workers «out of powerlessness.» «They see that measures of economic influence on Russia do not work, they cannot refuse our gas. Therefore, such petty steps,” the senator said. On Monday, the French Foreign Ministry announced that it had decided to expel a number of Russian diplomats, whose actions, in the opinion of Paris, are contrary to the interests of the country's security. According to the French media, France decided to expel 35 Russian diplomats. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, told RIA Novosti that the Russian side would respond to the decision of Paris to expel Russian diplomats. why the EU can expand sanctions
