Estonia to deport Russian diplomat in retaliation for removal of consul

Its Ministry of Foreign Affairs Estonia announced tonight that it will expelled a Russian diplomat in retaliation for the expulsion of her consul in St. Petersburg Mart Late, according to the TASS agency and as broadcast by ΑΠΕ ΜΠΕ.

“In the practice of international relations, usually in the expulsion of a diplomat, one is given appropriate responseSaid the representative of the ministry Ari Lemik on the ERR website, stating that a Russian diplomat would be invited to leave the country, although he did not provide further details.

It is pointed out that the Estonian Foreign Minister claimed yesterday that the arrest of the Estonian diplomat in Russia was “set up” and “provocative”, while the accusations against him “unfounded».

Moscow, for its part, claimed that the consul of this country collected secret information on his account Tallinn, in fact, referring to incontrovertible evidence of his illegal activity.

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