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Added on the 19/04/2021 12:35:08 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The first of a group of 60 US diplomats who have been expelled from Russia in the wake of the poisoned spy row depart in buses from the American embassy in Moscow. IMAGES
Images outside the US embassy in Moscow where diplomats have until April 5 to leave the country following tit-for-tat expulsions in the wake of the poisoning of Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in an English city which Britain has blamed on Moscow. IMAGES
Moscow cemetery staff work ahead of the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The ceremony comes two weeks after Navalny died in an Arctic prison. His supporters accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of murdering his top critic and of trying to prevent him from having a dignified public burial. IMAGES
The United States denounces Russia's expulsion of two US diplomats for their work with an embassy contractor and promised to take countermeasures soon. "We regret that Russia has taken this path and you can certainly expect that we will respond appropriately to their actions." State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters SOUNDBITE
Images of Iceland's flag being removed from its Moscow embassy after the country announces it will suspend work at its embassy in Russia as of August 1. IMAGES of flag being removed from Iceland's Moscow embassy