Russia expels 23 British diplomats in tit-for-tat move
After UK expelled 23 Russian diplomats over poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, Russia on Saturday responded by expelling 23 British diplomats. The UK had claimed that the Russian diplomats were undeclared intelligence officers. UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered the poisoning of the former spy.