Moscow does not exclude that Russia may close its mission in NATO due to the decision of the Alliance to halve its size. According to RosSMI, citing its sources, in the Russian Federation, in an interdepartmental format, they are working on an official response..

Now there is information that the Kremlin's decision may also apply to the military liaison mission of the North Atlantic Alliance in Moscow. It operates under the auspices of the Belgian Embassy. All 13 workers (as stated on the NATO website, but the media call the information outdated - now there may be half as many) of this mission are endowed with diplomatic immunity.

Now it is not known whether Russia's decision will precisely relate to restrictions against the employees of the NATO office in Moscow, which, by the way, has been working without a head since 2015.. The interlocutor of the media does not exclude the possibility that the Kremlin may decide to close the entire mission.

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NATO's relations with Russia are worst since the end of the Cold War through Ukraine and beyond - Stoltenberg.

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Yesterday it became known that the Russian diplomatic mission to NATO will be cut in half due to hostile actions by Moscow.

Eight diplomats, who are likely intelligence officers, were obliged to leave her, two more positions will be reduced. Thus, the number of staff members of the Russian mission will be reduced to ten..

On the eve, a group of American senators proposed to expel 300 employees of the Russian Embassy from the United States if Russia does not agree to an increase in the number of diplomats in Moscow.. Before that, Russia officially called the United States and the Czech Republic "