Russia declares two German diplomats persona non grata

Russia has announced the expulsion of two German diplomats in response to a similar move by Berlin, Report informs about it with reference to the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

On Monday, the Foreign Ministry summoned German Ambassador Geza Andreas von Geir after the decision to remove from the country the employees of the Russian diplomatic mission.

"The German ambassador was informed that two diplomatic employees of the German Embassy in Russia were declared persona non grata as a symmetrical response to the aforementioned unfriendly decision of the German government," it was reported.