Nato expels Russian envoys

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Series Details 30.4.09
Publication Date 30/04/2009
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Nato ordered the expulsion of two Russian diplomats on the 29 April 2009 in retaliation for a spy scandal in which a senior Estonian official Herman Simm was jailed earlier in 2009 for passing on top-level secrets about the western alliance to Moscow.

Related Links
Wikipedia: Herman Simm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Simm
The Economist, 26.2.09: A spy scandal in Estonia. How many more? http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13184989
Deutsche Welle, 30.4.09: NATO expels Russian diplomats from Brussels amid spying row http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4217066,00.html
BBC News, 30.4.09: Nato 'expels Russian diplomats' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8026794.stm
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