A plane
carrying 35 Russian diplomats, expelled from the United States over
Moscow’s alleged interference in the presidential election, took
off from Washington on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported.
“The
plane has taken off. Everyone is on board,” said the Russian
embassy in Washington, quoted by the state-owned Ria Novosti agency.
Relatives of the diplomats were also on board, making 96 in all.
The
expulsions were part of a package of sanctions ordered by President
Barack Obama on Thursday. US intelligence says the Kremlin ordered a
hack-and-release of emails from within the Democratic party and
Hillary Clinton’s campaign in an effort to put Donald Trump in the
Oval Office. Moscow has denied the allegations.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/01/russian-envoys-leave-us-hack-sanctions-putin-trump-cia
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