Kicking Out Russian Spies May Give US Intel Black Eye

The U.S., EU and other Western allies announced Monday that they would expel a total of more than 100 Russian diplomats they claim are spies, in retaliation for the nerve agent attack on former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Britain. The U.S., UK and many other European governments have called it “highly likely” that the attack was a Russian assassination attempt. The U.S. will also close a Russian consulate in Seattle.

Russia has vowed to reciprocate what it views as a “provocative gesture” by the Western nations.

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