Russia has decided to expel the Romanian consul in St. Petersburg and close the Romanian consulate in the city, a move reported by Russian state-linked sources.
Russia announced the expulsion of the Romanian consul in St. Petersburg and the closure of the Romanian consulate in the city, according to Russian state-linked media reports. The decision, reported Thursday afternoon, marks the latest escalation in a series of bilateral tensions between Moscow and Bucharest over the past months. The specific grounds for the expulsion and the consul's identity have not been disclosed. This development follows a broader pattern of reciprocal diplomatic expulsions between Russia and several European nations since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war. No official Romanian response has been reported at this stage.
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