Netherlands, Belgium Extradites Dozens of Russian Diplomats Accused of Espionage

Netherlands, Belgium Extradites Dozens of Russian Diplomats Accused of Espionage
Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra talks to the press in The Hague, the Netherlands, following the decision to expel 17 Russian diplomats on March 29, 2022. Bart Maat/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
Lorenz Duchamps
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Dutch and Belgian authorities are expelling 38 Russian diplomats after accusing them of engaging in espionage activities, the foreign affairs ministry in the Netherlands and Belgium announced on Tuesday.

Wopke Hoekstra, the Netherlands’ minister of foreign affairs, said a total of 17 individuals, who were accredited as diplomats at the Russian representations in the Netherlands, were secretly working undercover in the country as intelligence officers.

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