Putin reacts to sanctions and expels 755 US diplomats from Moscow

Monday, July 31st 2017 - 08:18 UTC

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a television interview that the U.S. must cut the size of its diplomatic force in his country by more than half, from about 1,210 to 455. Putin said on Sunday that the cut will make the size of the U.S. diplomatic mission in his country equal to that of Russia's diplomatic corps in the U.S. Read full article

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Brit Bob
Russia tells Britain give back the Falklands before telling US what to do.

RUSSIA has told Britain it should “clean its conscience” and give back the Falkland Islands before it criticizes them over their involvement in Ukraine. Moscow's ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin made the shocking remarks when responding to his British counterpart Matthew Rycroft at a UN security council meeting in New York. (Daily Express 4 Feb 2017)

Funny thing to say when Argentina has never legally owned the Falklands. So how can they 'be returned' ?

Falklands- Never Belonged to Argentina:
https://www.academia.edu/31111843/Falklands_Never_Belonged_to_Argentina
Jul 31st, 2017 - 08:40 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Don Alberto
How cute.

If the Americans expel the same number of Russian diplomats, the number of the staff in the Russian embassy in Washington will be close to minus 300.
Aug 08th, 2017 - 09:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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