Russia has retaliated and expelled diplomats from 23 countries which expelled Russian diplomats over the nerve agent attack on a former double agent.
The agent, Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent as they sat on a bench in Salisbury, United Kingdom on March 4.
Although Russia denied any involvement, many countries, including the UK and the US, blamed her for the attack and expelled her diplomats from their countries in protest.
Russia retaliated on Friday, expelling diplomats from the 23 countries that expelled her diplomats.
They are: 13 Ukrainian, four Canadian, four Polish, four German, three Lithuanian, three Czech, three Moldovan, two Italian, two Dutch, two Spanish and two Danish diplomats.
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Russia also ordered the expulsion of 60 United States and 23 British diplomats in retaliation for similar moves by both countries.
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