Russia expels Estonia’s ambassador

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is expelling Estonia’s ambassador and the nation’s diplomatic mission can be headed by a cost d’affaires, the Russian Overseas Ministry stated Monday.

Estonian Ambassador Margus Laidre was ordered to go away the nation by Feb. 7, the ministry stated.

The assertion stated that Estonia’s diplomatic illustration any longer can be downgraded to a cost d’affaires heading the European Union nation’s mission in Moscow.

The ministry stated that the transfer was made in retaliation for Estonia’s “new unfriendly step to radically cut back the dimensions of the Russian Embassy in Tallinn.”

“In recent times, the Estonian management has purposefully destroyed the whole vary of relations with Russia. Whole Russophobia, the cultivation of hostility in direction of our nation have been elevated by Tallinn to the rank of state coverage,” the assertion learn.