MOSCOW. Lithuania has announced the expulsion of two Russian diplomats, Latvia and Estonia, two others as a sign of solidarity with the Czech Republic. The Foreign Ministry of Estonia has announced the expulsion of a Russian diplomat as a sign of solidarity with the Republic. Czech: Russian news agencies report this, citing Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and Latvian Minister Edgars Rinkevics. This comes after Slovakia also expelled three Russian diplomats, giving them a week to leave the country. Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced this at a press conference, explaining that the decision was made in accordance with “the current geopolitical situation” and “because of the situation in the Czech Republic”, according to the Sputnik news agency. Shortly before, Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korczok announced that the country would take drastic measures in solidarity with the Czech Republic, which expelled most Russian diplomats from the embassy in Prague after accusing two GRU officers of being those responsible for a series of explosions at an ammunition depot in Vrbetice in 2014.
“We are deeply disappointed by the enmity actions of Bratislava, which has decided to show a pseudo-solidarity in Prague on a mounted case”. So said Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Kremlin, after Slovakia expelled three Russian diplomats from the country, as a sign of solidarity with the Czech Republic.