RUSSIA EXPELS TWO LATVIAN DIPLOMATS IN RETALIATORY MOVE

Russia Expels Two Latvian Diplomats in Retaliatory Move

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MOSCOW, April 25 (Reuters) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it was expelling two diplomats from Latvia in retaliation, after the Baltic state ordered a Russian embassy official to leave.

Western countries have kicked out hundreds of Russian diplomats since the start of the war in Ukraine, in many cases for alleged spying, and Russia has regularly responded in kind.

(Reporting by Reuters Writing by Maxim Rodionov; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)

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