Russia Expels Envoys Over Navalny Protests Hours After EU Talks
- Merkel and Macron condemn actions at a joint news conference
- Russia acts after first EU-Russia talks in Moscow since 2017
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Russia expelled diplomats from Poland, Germany and Sweden for their “recorded participation” in protests against the jailing of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, sparking fresh confrontation hours after the first high-level talks with the European Union in years.
The Foreign Ministry summoned envoys from the three EU nations to declare the unnamed diplomats persona non grata for their “unacceptable” attendance at rallies in St. Petersburg and Moscow on Jan. 23, according to a statement on its website. It didn’t say how many diplomats were being ordered to leave Russia.