In Tit-For-Tat Move, US Expels Two Russian Diplomats

The move came after Russia ousted the two US diplomats for contacts with a former consular employee who had been accused of collecting sensitive information.

The US expelled two Russian diplomats, weeks after Moscow ordered two Americans to leave, the latest tit-for-tat expulsions as relations continue to worsen between the two countries.

The move came after Russia ousted the two US diplomats for contacts with a former consular employee who had been accused of collecting sensitive information. The US has called those allegations baseless.

"The Department will not tolerate the Russian government's pattern of harassment of our diplomats," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement.