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| Russia expels Canadian diplomats | Russia expels Canadian diplomats |
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| Russia has expelled two Canadian diplomats working for Nato's Moscow office in response to an "unfriendly act" by the military alliance. | |
| Last week Nato expelled two Russian envoys from its headquarters in Brussels, reportedly due to spying. | Last week Nato expelled two Russian envoys from its headquarters in Brussels, reportedly due to spying. |
| The diplomatic spat comes as Nato begins military exercises in Georgia, seen by Russia as a "provocation". | The diplomatic spat comes as Nato begins military exercises in Georgia, seen by Russia as a "provocation". |
| Last August Russian and Georgian forces clashed in a brief war over breakaway pro-Moscow Georgian territories. | Last August Russian and Georgian forces clashed in a brief war over breakaway pro-Moscow Georgian territories. |
| Ottawa's ambassador to Russia, Ralph Lysyshyn, was summoned to the foreign ministry where he was told Moscow felt it had been forced into the move. | |
| "In response to the unfriendly act on Nato's part... the Russian side has taken the forced decision to revoke the diplomatic accreditation " of the two Nato staff, a foreign ministry statement said. | |
| The Canadian embassy in Moscow said the decision to expel its diplomats was "counterproductive". |