Estonia expels more Russian diplomats in model for EU

TL;DR

"In the context of Russia's ongoing full-scale war on the soil of Europe against Ukraine, it's worth considering also by other countries in the Western community," Estonian foreign minister Urmas Reinsalu told EUobserver on Wednesday (11 January).Estonia's decision came after EU capitals expelled more than 300 Russian diplomats accused of espionage in the wake of a Russian massacre of Ukrainian civilians in the town of Bucha in April last year.Taking the EU itself as an example, the EU foreign service has just nine diplomats in Moscow, while Russia has some 35 people left at its EU embassy in Brussels even after the Bucha-linked expulsion of 19 staff."We support the decision of Estonian diplomacy," Czech foreign minister Jan Lipavský told EUobserver."The entity committing genocide is the Russian Federation, a state controlled by [Russian president Vladimir] Putin and his inner circle, and in this context we should surely use all legitimate tools at our disposal to stop this war and help Ukraine to win," he said."

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