Russia moves to remove 35 US negotiators in tit for tat reaction to US move: Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

MOSCOW: Russia's outside service has asked for President Vladimir Putin turf out 35 American negotiators from the nation in a blow for blow reaction to a comparative move by Washington over hacking assertions, Moscow's top ambassador said Friday.

"Russia's outside service... has asked for that the Russian president favor proclaiming as personae non gratae 31 representatives of the US government office in Moscow and four negotiators from the US department in Saint Petersburg," Lavrov said in broadcast commen ..

The service is likewise trying to restriction representatives from utilizing an occasion home situated as a part of western Moscow and a stockroom in the north of the city, Lavrov said, after President Barack Obama said the US would close two Russian mixes.

Lavrov said the two Russian nation houses in New York and Maryland were utilized for youngsters' occasions and mocked the idea they were "homes of spies."

                                         

"We of course cannot leave these stunts unanswered. Reciprocity is the law in diplomacy and international relations," he said, hoping that Putin approves the requests "promptly."