Russia expels eight Japanese diplomats in tit-for-tat move

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Policemen stand guard outside the Russian Embassy in Tokyo on April 8, after Japan said it would expel eight Russian diplomats and officials. In response, Moscow has ordered eight Japanese diplomats to leave Russia. | AFP-JIJI

Moscow/Tokyo – Moscow said Wednesday it was expelling eight Japanese diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to expulsions by Tokyo over the conflict in Ukraine. Accusing Tokyo of pursuing an “openly hostile anti-Russian course,” the foreign ministry said in a statement that the Japanese diplomats must leave by May 10, in a reciprocal answer to Japan’s

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