Russia expelling 10 US diplomats in retaliation for sanctions Moscow says 8 top officials to be blacklisted, other retaliatory moves announced H. J. I. / AA prije 2 sata POLITICS Russia expelling 10 US diplomats in retaliation for sanctions Lavrov: Moscow will also blacklist eight US top officials and will toughen the rules of work for the US diplomats in Russia Foto: Archive In a tit-for-tat response to the US sanctions, Russia on Friday said it will ask 10 US diplomats to leave the country and take other retaliatory moves. Moscow will also blacklist eight US top officials and will toughen the rules of work for the US diplomats in Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a news conference in Moscow following a meeting with his Serbian counterpart Nikola Selaković.