Russia has deported the US deputy ambassador to Moscow

LAST UPDATE: 19.58

The U.S. Embassy in the Russian Federation has announced that Deputy Chief of Mission Bart Gorban has been deported from Russia.

“We can confirm that Russia has deported Deputy Chief of Mission Bart Gorman, who was the second in the embassy hierarchy and a key member of its team,” the embassy said in a statement.

Later in the night, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the deportation was a countermeasure to the deportation of a Russian diplomat from the US at an earlier time.

The United States is considering various options to respond to Russia’s move, the embassy told TASS. “The Russian deputy ambassador recently left as part of a rotation, as his term expired in January. Russia’s actions against the US deputy ambassador were unjustified, we consider this move to strain relations and we are exploring possible options for a response,” he said. the US diplomatic mission.

The embassy claims that the visa held by the deputy head of the diplomatic mission was still valid. “Deputy Ambassador Gorban’s term had not yet expired: he still had a valid visa and had been in Russia for less than three years,” the embassy said.

Source: Capital

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