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— Russian Embassy in USA 🇷🇺 (@RusEmbUSA) January 26, 2022
💬#Antonov: Today @RusEmbUSA held a very sad event. At the @StateDept request our collegues were forced to leave earlier than their tenure expired.
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New York Post: Russian diplomats told to leave US as tensions mount over Ukraine
Russian diplomats departed the US on Wednesday after the State Department told them to leave as tensions soar with Moscow over the ongoing threat of an invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian Embassy in the USA posted a video of the emotional departure of diplomats, part of 27 people who were supposed to leave by Jan. 30.
It wasn’t clear if all 27 departed in the video, which shows people hugging and boarding a bus while others wave goodbye. “Today is a very bitter event at our embassy,” Russian Ambassador Antoly Antonov is seen telling a reporter in the video, according to a translation of his comments.
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Update: 27 Russian Diplomats Expelled From US - Embassy Laments "Very Bitter Event" (Zero Hedge)
WNU Editor: If the purpose of this expulsion was to send a message to the Kremlin that the U.S. is not interested in diplomacy, the US is succeeding.