Russia is expelling ten us diplomats and blacklisting eight top american officials, in a reciprocal response to sanctions imposed by washington on thursday. Russia s foreign minister sergei lavrov said moscow was also tightening restrictions on us diplomats travelling within russia. Here s mr lavrov speaking earlier on the latest us sanctions. Translation: we will. Respond to this measure in a tit for tat manner. We will ask 10 us diplomats in russia to leave the country. Earlier on friday, a kremlin spokesman denounced what he called washington s addiction to sanctions, but said president putin wanted to avoid escalation. For more on this latest rise in tensions between moscow and washington here s a former british ambassador to russia sir tony brenton. There s obviously lots of sound and fury going on at the moment, but both sides are, to some extent, being quite careful. The americans will already have factored in that the russians are going to throw out ten of their diplomats in re
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Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. We re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First. A diplomatic row between russia and the us is intensifying, with moscow expelling ten american diplomats from the country and recommending the us ambassador return home. The moves are in response to sanctions imposed by washington on thursday, over what the white house called russia s harmful foreign activities. More from our correspondent in eastern ukraine shortly, but first here s our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. We are back to the question that we have heard so often, what is vladimir putin thinking, what is he planning? what we know, i think is that president putin doesn t normally advertise military action ahead of time. In 2014, he surprised everyone when he sent special forces into the ukraine to an ex crimea. This time around, moscow is not hiding the fact that it is moving to surround possibly to send a message t
Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. A diplomatic row between russia and the us is intensifying, with moscow expelling ten american diplomats from the country and recommending the us ambassador return home. The moves are in response to sanctions imposed by washington on thursday, over what the white house called russia s harmful foreign activities from election interference to cyber attacks and the build up of russian troops along ukraine s border. We ll have more from our correspondent in eastern ukraine shortly, but first for more on russia s response to these latest american sanctions, here s our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. The kremlin said that it acts according to reciprocity. So we are expecting a diplomatic tit for tat. America expelled ten russians, russia expels ten americans and eight us officials have been put on the black list. Interesting that the russians have recommended that the us ambassador pop home for consultations. It is
Watching on pbs in the us, or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Russia is expelling ten us diplomats and blacklisting eight top american officials, in a reciprocal response to sanctions imposed by washington on thursday. Russia s foreign minister sergei lavrov said moscow was also tightening restrictions on us diplomats travelling within russia. Here s mr lavrov speaking earlier on the latest us sanctions. Translation: we will respond to this measure in a titfortat manner. We will ask 10 us diplomats in russia to leave the country. Earlier on friday, a kremlin spokesman denounced what he called washington s addiction to sanctions, but said president putin wanted to avoid escalation. For more on this latest rise in tensions between moscow and washington, here s a former british ambassador to russia, sir tony brenton. There s obviously lots of sound and fury going on at the moment, but both sides are, to some extent, being