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Moscow expels 24 Italian, 27 Spanish diplomats

In tit-for-tat responses

18 May, 14:21
(ANSA-AFP) - MOSCOW, MAY 18 - Moscow on Wednesday expelled 24 Italian and 27 Spanish diplomats, according to the Russian foreign ministry, in tit-for-tat responses to the expulsion of Russian diplomats over the Ukraine conflict. The ministry said in a statement that 27 employees of the Spanish embassy in Moscow and the Spanish Consulate General in Saint Petersburg "have been declared persona non grata", while ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Russian news agencies that 24 Italian diplomats had also been expelled. (ANSA-AFP).

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