Russia Expels EU Diplomats Over Navalny Protests, Ties At 'Low Point'

International Business Times ^ | February 6, 2021 | Jonathan BROWN and Thibaut MARCHAND

[Navy Patriot]

Russia on Friday expelled diplomats from three European countries for allegedly taking part in protests in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, after the European Union said ties with Moscow had hit a new low.

With EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Moscow for a rare visit, Russia said it had declared diplomats from Poland, Germany and Sweden persona non grata after accusing them of attending "illegal protests" on January 23 in support of Navalny.

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Moscow announced the expulsions just hours after Borrell met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss ties, with the unspecified number of diplomats "ordered to leave Russia in the near future".

[Navy Patriot]

Hopefully, Navalny won't hang himself in his cell like Epstein did.

[Pining_4_TX]

Navalny is the deep state guy. This is about regime change once again. He isn’t the white knight that the globalists want you to think he is. You can’t trust the narrative coming out of the MSM and government. I find it amusing that Europe condemns Russia on one hand and buys gas from Russia on the other. Europe’s problem is mass immigration, not Russia. Our problems come out of DC.

[Kazan]

President Biden complained to Putin about his treatment of Navalny and the mass arrests of his followers during their telephone conversation on January 26. Alexei Navalny is not necessarily innocent of the charges brought against him by the Russian state, however. According to Russian news service Lenta.ru, Navalny’s arrest was not political; he violated the terms of his ongoing probation for charges of embezzlement and money laundering.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/02/a_closer_look_at_the_alexei_navalny_case.html

[Pining_4_TX]

Thank you. I knew that he was a crook. I just didn’t know the details.