After yesterday's summit in Brussels, at which the heads of state and government of the European Union discussed the response to the attack with the use of unknown nerve gas in Salisbury against the citizens of the Russian Federation for more than three hours and fully supported the British Prime Minister Theresa May, on Friday the peas began to be bombarded with reports of a possible deportation Russian ambassadors from a number of European powers. Moscow has already hinted that our reaction will be immediate and more tangible.

"Several EU member states were preparing to announce the expulsions of diplomats in an attempt to dismantle Vladimir Putin's espionage network," it was stated in the morning article The Guardian. "According to some reports, France, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are considering the idea of ??expulsion of Russian diplomats, which asks the British government, as part of a coordinated attack on Moscow" - the newspaper writes. And here the secretary of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Гинтс Егерманис has informed, that Riga "plans to expel one or several employees of embassy of Russia". Latvia will submit detailed information on Monday, March 26. Meanwhile, the head of the department Edgar Rinkevich assured that Riga does not plan to recall Ambassador Maris Riekstins from Russia, RIA Novosti reports.. Commenting on the Latvian intentions, the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council's international affairs committee, Vladimir Jabarov, said that "in response, the employees of the Latvian embassy will be expelled, it is possible that more than our". The possibility of more severe retaliation is caused by the "absolute injustice" of Latvia's decision, he said.. According to him, Russia is not to blame for the poisoning of former intelligence officer GRU Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia in British Salisbury. The fault of our country "has not been proved by anyone, and Latvia is generally at the side of the bake here". In Croatia, we decided to think about the option of expulsion of Russian diplomats and "consider all the options and then, if necessary," take such measures, noted the country's Prime Minister Andrei Plenkovic. President of Romania Klaus Johannis could not give journalists a direct answer to the sensitive issue. He believes that this decision should be taken at the national level, it is necessary to return from home to Brussels and there already to understand. There is already a reaction from the Czech Republic. The press secretary of President Milos Zeman - as a friend of Russia - Jiri Ovcacek informed the public that the head of state next Thursday, t. March 29, will host Foreign Minister Martin Stropnitsky to discuss the topic. This is reported by the portal of Prague newspaper Pravo. And in Prague there are many supporters of the expulsion of our diplomats. So, the leader of the Christian democrats Pavel Belobradek and the leader of the movement ТОР 09 Jiri Pospisil believe that a number of Russian diplomats in connection with the Skripal affair had long ago to be deported. Later on Friday it was found out that in the countries of the European Union still there is no common opinion on events in Salisbury. This was admitted by the chairman of the European Council Donald Tusk. "The political landscape in relation to Russia is not easy in terms of the joint position of 28 countries. In this context, I appreciate the goodwill, determination and good political instinct demonstrated yesterday by all my colleagues, "he told journalists after the EU summit in Brussels.

Pole could not name the exact number of European countries ready at the national level to take any measures with respect to Moscow. "More than one, but I do not think it will be the whole group," Tusk said.. And indeed, let's say Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni urged Europeans to maintain "the necessary space for dialogue" with Russia.

He warned his colleagues that the solidarity with London and the condemnation of Moscow did not lead to an escalation of relations. Recall, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia were found in a park in Salisbury unconscious on March 4. The head of the British Cabinet, Teresa May, almost immediately formally accused Russia of poisoning. As a result, London expelled from the United Kingdom 23 Russian diplomatic corps. In response, Moscow sent home the same number of British, plus closed the British Council and withdrew permission to open a British consulate in St. Petersburg.