After US's ones, Russia expels Albanian, European diplomats

After the United States, European countries are next in line. Moscow has today called dozens of Western ambassadors, including the Albanian one, to communicate the departure of diplomats.

If Moscow decides to expel two Albanian diplomats (as far as Tirana was removed), then Albania's Embassy risks getting out of office.

According to former Foreign Minister Pascal Milo, the possible evacuation of two diplomats means that our embassy will lose more than 70% of its staff, due to the small number of personnel it has, the newspaper reads.

Even the decision on the expulsion of two Russian diplomats has damaged the Russian Embassy in Tirana, as its staff moves from 10 to 12 people.

In addition to Albanian Ambassador Arben Gazioni, the Russian Foreign Ministry has today called the leaders of diplomacy from 22 other states to communicate the expulsion of diplomats, whose number corresponds to the number of Russian diplomats convicted by these states.

These states are Australia, Albania, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Finland, France, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Estonia.

Russia is considering expulsions in the smallest number of diplomats from Belgium, Hungary, Georgia and Montenegro.

The crisis over the poisoning of a former Russian agent and his daughter has sparked tensions between the Kremlin and the West at the highest level in decades. Retaliatory responses, according to America's “Office” raise doubts about a further and more serious escalation, whether this public or hidden.