According to Russian press agencies, the Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned the British ambassador to the country, Laurie Bristow, for an urgent meeting.
Russia is ready to expel British diplomats in retaliation for the decision of Prime Minister Theresa May to expel Russian 23. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said today that Moscow has already decided on retaliatory measures and that Britain will soon be informed.
After the offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe, the first known case since World War II, Britain pointed the finger at President Vladimir Putin and last Thursday gave 23 Russian citizens, who according to British sources, work under diplomatic cover at the London embassy - one week to leave the country.
Moscow has denied any involvement in the attempted murder of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, judging Britain as a post-colonial power upset by its imminent exit from the European Union, and even speculated that London invented the attack. to unleash anti-Russian hysteria.