Russia orders out Polish and German diplomats in tit-for-tat expulsions

Russia said on 17 November 2014 that several of its diplomats had been expelled from Poland, and that a number of Polish diplomats had left Russia, after Moscow retaliated against Warsaw.

Germany also reported that one of its diplomats had been ordered to leave the Russian capital, following a German decision to expel a Russian diplomat working in Bonn.

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BBC News, 17.11.14: Russia expels Polish envoys in spying row http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30078389

The Guardian, 18.11.14: Putin says west is provoking Russia into new cold war as ‘spies’ deported http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/17/putin-claims-west-provoking-russia-new-cold-war-spies-deported

ESO: Background information: Putin says he's convinced solution to Ukraine crisis possible http://www.europeansources.info/record/putin-says-hes-convinced-solution-to-ukraine-crisis-possible/

EurActiv, 25.11.14: Merkel hits diplomatic dead-end with Putin http://www.euractiv.com/sections/trade-society/merkel-hits-diplomatic-dead-end-putin-310320

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