the russian foreign ministry has announced it intends to expel 31 american diplomats from its embassy in moscow and four from its consulate in st petersburg. the measure is in response to president obama s decision to kick out 35 diplomats because of allegations that russia interfered in the american presidential election. the kremlin denies trying to discredit hillary clinton during the campaign by publishing hacked emails. our correspondent laura bicker reports from washington. russia stands accused of trying to help donald trump become president. moscow had been warned but now it s being punished for interfering in us elections. america s top intelligence agencies believe a cyber attack on the e mails of hillary clinton s closest aides was orchestrated by the highest levels of russian government. but mr trump has always questioned the evidence. once they hack, if you don t catch them in the act, you re not gonna catch them. you don t know if it is russia or china or somebo
the russian foreign ministry has announced it intends to expel 31 american diplomats from its embassy in moscow and four from its consulate in st petersburg. the measure is in response to president obama s decision to kick out 35 diplomats because of allegations that russia interfered in the american presidential election. the kremlin denies trying to discredit hillary clinton during the campaign by publishing hacked emails. our correspondent laura bicker reports from washington. russia stands accused of trying to help donald trump become president. moscow had been warned but now it s being punished for interfering in us elections. america s top intelligence agencies believe a cyber attack on the e mails of hillary clinton s closest aides was orchestrated by the highest levels of russian government. but mr trump has always questioned the evidence. once they hack, if you don t catch them in the act, you re not gonna catch them. you don t know if it is russia or china or somebo
in the past hour the russian president, vladimir putin, has said he won t expel any american diplomats in retaliation for a range of sanctions announced by washington yesterday. president obama said he would give 35 russian officials 72 hours to leave the country, after allegations that moscow interfered in the us presidential elections. sir tony brenton was the uk s former british ambassador in russia between 2004 and 2008. he explained the reasoning behind president putin s decision not to expel us diplomats. the thing that will be at the top of his mind now is how to establish a good working relationship with trump, and this is a part of preparing for that. a new relationship starting from a very low point. he wants to present himself as, i want a good relationship, i am the peacemaker in syria, we all hate isis and need to work together , he is trying to build a good relationship with trump. trump, as you know, has said, we want a better relationship with russia. let s
the russian president, vladimir putin has said that he won t expel any us diplomats from the country, in a surprise response to president obama s decision to order russian diplomats out of the united states. mr obama, who s also imposing sanctions, had accused russia of interfering in the us presidential election. despite advice from his foreign minister, mr putin has decided not to retaliate for now. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. following accusations of cyber attacks on america, the us had expelled 35 russian diplomats. so, how would moscow respond? well, today, russia s foreign minister proposed tit for tat. he said he had asked president putin to expel 35 american diplomats. but the kremlin leader said no no americans would be expelled. he would wait to see what kind of policies donald trump pursued in the white house. that doesn t change what america s top intelligence agencies believe to be true; that state sponsored hackers, backed by the highest levels of r
welcome to bbc news. the russian president, vladimir putin has said that he won t expel any us diplomats from the country, in a surprise response to president obama s decision to order russian diplomats out of the us. mr obama, who s also imposing sanctions, had accused russia of interfering in the us presidential election. despite advice from his foreign minister, mr putin has decided not to retaliate for now. mr putin also said that positive developments in relations between russia and the uk would be mutually beneficial. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. following accusations of cyber attacks on america, the us had expelled 35 russian diplomats. so, how would moscow respond? well, today, russia s foreign minister proposed tit for tat. he said he had asked president putin to expel 35 american diplomats. but the kremlin leader said no no americans would be expelled. he would wait to see what kind of policies donald trump pursued in the white house. that doesn t change