Russia reacted in its usual manner to reduce its mission under NATO to 10 people. It is reported by NV.

According to Russian Senator Andrey Klimov, NATO's decision "

At the same time, the Russian mission to NATO refused to comment on the message about the reduction of diplomatic missions to journalists..

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On October 6, NATO decided to halve the size of the Russian diplomatic mission in the alliance - to 10 people.

According to Sky News journalist Deborah Haynes, eight diplomats, who are supposed to be intelligence officers, and two more people will be required to leave the diplomatic mission to NATO..

NATO's actions are caused by "

At the same time, the head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky called the accusations of malicious activity unfounded and promised that Russia would take "