DISINFO: American diplomatic staff were not expelled from Russia
SUMMARY
No one expelled American diplomatic staff from Russia, no one dictated or specified who to send home and who to leave. Accordingly, if Washington decides to reduce the number of people engaged in visa matters, it will be Washington’s decision — sovereign, deliberate and by no means forced.
RESPONSE
After the United States imposed new sanctions on Russia over its meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, President Vladimir Putin announced retaliatory steps, including an order that the U.S. reduce its diplomatic staff in Russia from 1,210 to 455 - a cut of 755 people, or around 60 percent of its diplomatic staff - by September 1. Further debunking: www.polygraph.info/a/russia-foreign-affairs-us-embassy-visa-suspention/28695215.html,