TIT-FOR-TAT Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media during his and Serbia's Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic joint news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia on April 16, 2021. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow will order 10 US diplomats to leave Russia in a retaliatory response to the US sanctions. Lavrov also said Moscow will add eight US officials to its sanctions list and move to restrict and stop the activities of US nongovernmental organizations from interfering in Russia's politics. AP
MOSCOW: Russia on Friday responded to a barrage of new US sanctions by saying it would expel 10 US diplomats and take other retaliatory moves in a tense showdown with Washington.