Kremlin says may retaliate against U.S. over expulsion of Russian diplomats

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Source: Reuters

Russia may retaliate against the United States for the Obama administration's expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats it said were spies, a top Kremlin aide said on Friday.

Moscow is also waiting for the return of two diplomatic compounds seized in the United States during the same espionage scandal, Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin foreign policy aide, said.

"We are waiting for the return of Russian diplomatic property illegally impounded before the New Year by the previous U.S. authorities," Ushakov told a news briefing.

"We decided not to respond immediately to this escapade, but no one has yet abolished the principle of reciprocity in diplomacy ... Our patience is not without limits," he said, saying Russian retaliation could not be ruled out.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-idUSKBN1881SV

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Didn't their top diplomats in the U.S. just meet with Trump? Is it me or is the timing of this very odd?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. tRump told Putin to (try to) embarass Obama by restating this old threat they made last year. nt

[MattP]

2. Trump probably gave them a list of 35 people who didn't pledge loyalty to Trump to expel

[Liberalagogo]

3. SQUIRREL!!!

[orangecrush]

4. Haven't they punished us enough

By giving us the orange idiot?

[MedusaX]

5. Ahhhhh.... and so the re-establishment of the foreign intelligence base begins

I am sure that the expulsion will be reversed
& the corresponding sanction lifted...

And the EO will have a clause written in invisible ink authorizing the lifting of ALL sanctions in effect as of the signing date of the EO...

Then when it dries and becomes apparent that the EO just eliminated the 2014 sanctions (exxon /rosneft)
45 will shrug & give that 'eat shit you mere plebeians" "I'm the potus and you're NOT" smirky ass grin

And that will be that.

[Sunlei]

6. USA will return two diplomatic compounds if Russia takes Mr. Tump & a couple Republican colluders.

[notdarkyet]

7. We have a law in this country called the forfeiture law. If you are doing something

Illegal and get busted the government takes all your property. So not getting them back. If trump tries to drop sanctions or pull another stunt like he did the other day with the Russians. You will see all he'll break lose in the country. People are fed up with Russians.

[NewRedDawn]

8. Fuck off Putin!