“Certainly. Soon,” Lavrov said when asked at a forum in Moscow if Russia will order British diplomats to leave.<\/p>\n
Lavrov called the U.K. actions “the nervous reaction to Russia’s return as an equal partner.”<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Britain announced it was expelling 23 Russian diplomats after Moscow missed a deadline to explain how a Russian-made nerve agent was used in the attempted murder.<\/p>\n
Lavrov added: “I think this story reflects the British government\u2019s inability to fulfill its responsibilities under Brexit.”<\/p>\n
Earlier today, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the U.K.’s reaction to the attack on the ex-spy “irresponsible.”<\/p>\n
Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were admitted to a hospital after being found unconscious on a bench on March 4 in the southern English city of Salisbury.<\/p>\n
Skripal was granted refuge in the U.K. following a 2010 spy exchange between the U.S. and Russia. Before the exchange, he was serving 13 years in prison for leaking information to British intelligence.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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