Germany, France expel slew of Russian diplomats after killings in Bucha

Bucha, Ukraine.
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Germany has decided to expel 40 diplomats at the Russian embassy in Berlin for suspected links to spy agencies, Bloomberg reports. The move also serves as a "first response" to the killings in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha.

"The federal government has therefore decided today to declare as persona non grata a significant number of members of the Russian Embassy who have worked every day against our freedom and against the cohesion of our society here in Germany," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in a statement.

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Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.