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2020-08-28

Norway–Russia relations

The Russian foreign ministry announces the expulsion of a senior diplomat at the Norwegian embassy in Moscow and declared him "persona non grata" as a "retaliatory measure" after the Norwegian foreign ministry had expelled the deputy trade representative of the Russian embassy in Oslo on August 19 for alleged espionage.

Sources: AFP via ''The Moscow Times

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