Two U.S. Diplomats Expelled from Russia, The 13th Case in The History of U.S.A.-Russian Relations.

On September 14, 2023, the Russian Foreign Ministry declared the first and second secretaries of the U.S. Embassy Jeffrey Sillin and David Bernstein personae non gratae. The ministry emphasized the inadmissibility of “unlawful activity and interference in Russia’s internal affairs” by American diplomatic mission employees, noting that these actions “will be resolutely suppressed.” Washington will give a proportionate response to the expulsion of two U.S. diplomats from Russia, a representative of the US Embassy in Moscow said. “The U.S. government will respond proportionately,” the person said. He said Washington “fully rejects” the accusations that served as the reason for declaring…