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Last week, the Russian Foreign Ministry declared diplomats from Sweden, Poland, and Germany personae non gratae after allegedly taking part in unauthorized demonstrations supporting Navalny on January 23. Speaking to the press on Thursday, Vladimir Chizhov noted that the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations allows diplomats to observe but not participate. …

In a statement issued on Friday, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had made formal protests to the embassies of Germany, Poland and Sweden. Representatives of these countries are said to have participated in mass-demonstrations that saw thousands take to the streets in cities across Russia over the past …

A video taken outside Moscow City Court, where the activist is standing trial on charges of violating a suspended sentence, showed a line of black diplomatic vehicles registered to embassies in the Russian capital. At least 20 separate representatives of foreign missions were reportedly in attendance for the hearing, where …

Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, made a number of movie references when responding to a question arising from a German article about “Wolf Warrior diplomacy” on Thursday. Speaking during the daily conference, she wondered what people who were unhappy with China’s new approach would think of …

Speaking on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters that Beijing will bring measures against American officials and individuals in what she described as an “equal counterattack.”  China has decided to impose equal sanctions against responsible US government officials, congressional personnel, non-governmental organizations and immediate family members in …

The study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) was commissioned by the US State Department. In its report, a NASEM expert panel concluded that symptoms like dizziness, headache, fatigue, nausea, anxiety and memory loss that were experienced by American diplomats were “consistent with the effects of …

Officers reportedly encountered 25 naked men enjoying a drink-and-drugs-fuelled “party of legs in the air” when they raided the venue on Rue des Pierres in the Belgian capital on Friday night. “We interrupted a gang bang!” a source told the Belgian newspaper La Dernière Heure (DH). MEP József Szájer admitted …

MOSCOW, 4 Dec — RIA Novosti. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Germany has declared persona non grata two employees of the Russian Embassy in Berlin. Earlier media reported that the government of German Chancellor Angela Merkel can impose diplomatic or other sanctions against Moscow if there is evidence that …

Russia responded by asking two Swedish diplomats to leave the country. Russia has expelled two Swedish diplomats from Moscow in the framework of a retaliatory step against Stockholm, who had previously refused to extend the visa of the Russian diplomat. “Previously, Sweden took the decision that one Russian diplomat would …

Data on the expulsion from Russia of two Swedish diplomats confirmed by the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Sweden, may 8, according to the publication Expressen. Reportedly, the expulsion of the Swedish diplomats is the Russian response to the denial of visas to several Russian diplomats. The representative of the …