Russia expels nine Finnish diplomats in tit-for-tat move

Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday it was expelling nine diplomats from Finland, Russia's neighbour and NATO's newest member, in a tit-for-tat measure.
Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday it was expelling nine diplomats from Finland in a tit-for-tat measure.
Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday it was expelling nine diplomats from Finland in a tit-for-tat measure.

The ministry said it had summoned the Finnish ambassador to object to what it called Helsinki's anti-Russian stance.

Finland said last month it was expelling nine Russian diplomats, accusing them of working on intelligence missions.

Reuters