Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov condemned the expulsion of two Russian diplomats from the US in an apparent retaliatory move after Russia expelled two high-ranking US officials in September.

Antonov claimed the State Department was unable to "explain what exactly our comrades are accused of." He added that the expulsion is "banal revenge, which does not bring honor to American diplomacy." Meanwhile, he explained that the US diplomats expelled from Russia "were essentially interfering in internal affairs and trying to harm Russia’s national security."

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