REUTERS-Russia will
not expel anyone in response to U.S. sanctions against Moscow and the expulsion
of 35 Russian diplomats from the United States, the Kremlin quoted
Russian
President Vladimir Putin as saying in the statement on Friday.
"We will
not expel anyone," Putin said in a statement.
Earlier,
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he had proposed to Putin that Russia expel
35 U.S. diplomats and ban U.S. diplomatic staff from using two facilities in
Moscow in retaliation for expulsions and sanctions imposed by Washington.
Lavrov said allegations that Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S.
presidential election were baseless.
REUTERS
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