Germany will expel four Russian diplomats in the wake of the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England, the country’s Foreign Ministry said.
“We did not make the decision in a hurry,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Twitter, noting that Moscow was not providing assistance to the investigation.
“In today’s conditions, we do not rule out anything, but we are ready for everything,” a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Germany Denis Mikerin told reporters.
Earlier in the day, German Government Spokesman Steffen Seibert declined to answer a question on the further measures against Russia, noting that “the discussion on this [in the EU] was underway.”