'Don't interfere in internal matter, else will be expelled': Russia's stern message to US ambassador
Moscow: The Russian foreign ministry said on Thursday it had summoned Lynne Tracy, the US ambassador in Moscow, to warn her it would expel US diplomats it deems to be interfering in its internal affairs. Moscow issued the warning ahead of a March 15-17 presidential election, which President Vladimir Putin, Russia's paramount leader for over 20 years, is certain to win bar an unexpected development. It said such behaviour would be "firmly and resolutely suppressed, up to and including the expulsion as 'persona non grata' of United States Embassy staff involved in such actions." The foreign ministry also demanded that the US Embassy cease supporting three American nonprofits that it said were running "anti-Russian programmes" in the country aimed at "recruiting 'agents of influence' under the guise of educational and cultural exchanges."
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