Russian officials and policymakers respond to expulsion of diplomats and toxic diplomacy


nsnbc : Russian officials and policymakers responded to the coordinated expulsion of Russian diplomats from the United States as well as 14 from the European Union over the alleged involvement of a Russian agency in the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in Britain. The general consensus were warnings about a dangerous deterioration of relations and indignation over the apparent lack of evidence as a basis for the expulsions.

Toxic diplomacy?

Toxic diplomacy?

Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: “The allies of Great Britain lack objective and exhaustive evidence and blindly follow the principle of Euro-Atlantic unity to the detriment of common sense, the norms of civilized international dialogue and the principles of international law.”

Senator Alexei Pushkov, Federation Council deputy, used his Twitter account to state that: “Judging by the latest U.S. steps, the potential to deteriorate relations with Russia is still far from exhausted. And the U.S. administration is working in this direction.”  Senator Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Federation Council’s International Affairs Committee, used his Facebook account to write: “I suggest reading the news in this way: ‘The U.S. has decided to expel 60 Russian diplomats from the U.S. and to expel 60 American diplomats from Russia.’”

Alexei Chepa, deputy head of the Duma’s Science and Technology Committee, told RIA Novosti: “This is collusion. The West is disappointed with these results, this support for Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin by the Russian public [in the March 18 presidential elections, where President Putin won 77 percent of the votes].” Yury Shvytkin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma’s Defense Committee, told RIA Novosti: “In my view, they are pursuing a policy toward breaking diplomatic relations to a greater degree. This confrontation, let’s say, does not benefit global stability. At the same time, the confrontation is a unilateral order from the U.S. and Britain.”

CH/L – nsnbc 27.03.2018



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