Tit-for-tat diplomat expulsions by Russia and West recalls Cold War

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By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com

A diplomatic war between Moscow and the West has flared up, the old fashioned Cold War way.

Russia's Foreign Ministry in Moscow.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry in Moscow.

The exchange occurred on the eve of the European Union’s meeting in Brussels to discuss further sanctions against Russia.

A German female diplomat working in Germany’s embassy in Moscow was expelled by the Russian government on Nov. 15, evoking a diplomatic protest from Berlin hours later.

Russia insisted that the expulsion was in retaliation for Germany’s expulsion of a Russian diplomat earlier this month.

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