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Hundreds of German civil servants in Russia, including diplomats, teachers and cultural staff, will be forced to leave the country next month after Moscow imposed a restriction on foreign personnel, writes Bloomberg, citing the German Foreign Ministry..
“The decision will lead to a big reduction in all areas of our presence in Russia, and employees will be forced to leave the country in the first week of June,” said a spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry..
The expulsion was first reported by the Suddeutsche Zeitung..
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Germany will introduce a similar limit on the number of Russian civil servants in Germany, a spokeswoman said.
Russia announced a staff cut in April after Germany expelled a number of Russian diplomats.
Earlier, the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution warned that in Germany there was an " The intensity, scope and complexity of the activities of the Russian special services on the territory of Germany have increased markedly after the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine.