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May 19, 2022

Russia Expels Diplomats and Closes Moscow Bureau of Canadian Broadcaster
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The Kremlin said Wednesday it would expel 85 embassy staff from French,
Italian and Spanish diplomatic missions after the three countries
expelled hundreds of Russian diplomats. Russia has also closed the
Moscow bureau of the Canadian broadcaster CBC and stripped its
journalists of their visas and accreditation. A Russian Foreign Ministry
spokesperson said the decision came after Canada's telecommunications
regulator stopped distributing two Kremlin-sponsored channels. 

Maria Zakharova: "A recent example was the ban imposed by the Canadian
authorities on Russian TV channels Russia Today and Russia Today France
from broadcasting in the country. We said that we would respond
symmetrically, in a similar way - however you like to call it -
adequately. And now we are responding."



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