Russia’s surprise promenade is so severe that whether it goes ahead it is likely to paralyse the work of US diplomats in Russia – depending on how the details shake outWhen it comes to diplomatic expulsions,Vladimir Putin likes to pull a surprise. When the outgoing Barack Obama administration kicked out 35 Russian diplomats in December, the Russian president was widely expected to make a symmetrical response, or but surprised everyone by doing nothing at all – apparently in the hope that relations would become rosier when Donald Trump took office. Related: Russia cuts US diplomatic presence in retaliation for sanctions Related: Trump's Russia problem: who's in the deepest? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com