Russia announced the expulsion of two German diplomats in response to a similar step of Berlin, reported by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
On Monday, December 20, the department caused Ambassador Germany GEZA Andreas von Gaire after the decision to remove from the country of employees of Russian diplomssesses and expressed him a protest.
“Ambassador of Germany was reported on the announcement of” Persona Non Grata “of two diplomatic staff of the German Embassy in Russia in a symmetric response to the aforementioned unfriendly decision of the Government of the FRG,” says comments on the Ministry website.
In Moscow, they assured that the Russian side will continue to “respond in a commensurate way to any potential confrontational attacks of Berlin” in your address in the future.
In addition, diplomats in a conversation with the background Gair stressed that Russia categorically rejects “unfounded and torn from the reality of the accusation” in involvement in the murder of a citizen of Georgia Zelimkhan Hangoshvili, calling the verdict of the court “obvious political order.”
In the German Foreign Ministry responded in response that Moscow’s actions will complicate the relations of the two countries.