Russia Expels 60 US Diplomats in Tit-for-Tat Measure Over UK Poisoning Attack

The state flag of the U.S. flies outside the building of the country's consulate-general in St. Petersburg, Russia March 29, 2018. Anton Vaganov/REUTERS

MOSCOW—Russia expelled 60 U.S. diplomats on Thursday, March 29, in a tit-for-tat measure in response to America’s earlier expulsion of the same number of Russian intelligence officers over the poisoning of a former Russian spy in the United Kingdom.

Russia’s foreign ministry said it had declared persona non grata 58 diplomats in Moscow and two general consulate officials in Yekaterinburg. The Americans have to leave the country by April 5.