The Russian government has said that it was expelling two US diplomats whom it accused of working with a Russian national charged with collaborating with a foreign state.
The Foreign Ministry said in a statement it had summoned US envoy Lynne Tracy and told her that embassy First Secretary Jeffrey Sillin and Second Secretary David Bernstein must leave Russia within seven days.
Report says the US embassy has confirmed the expulsions. However, there was no immediate comment from the State Department in Washington.
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