Putin: Russia 'will not expel anyone' in US diplomatic row

By Alasdair Sandford with Reuters

Published on 30/12/2016 - 14:54•Updated 09/12/2019 - 10:08

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had called for tit-for-tat retaliation against Washington by declaring 35 US diplomats 'persona non grata'.

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