The Russian Embassy in Minsk responded with an obscene hashtag to the expulsion of diplomats from the Baltic states

• On the expulsion of Russian diplomats as a sign of solidarity with the Czech Republic also reported by Slovakia… In addition, on April 15, three Russian diplomats declared persona non grata Poland – on the basis of “violation by the specified persons of the conditions of diplomatic status and carrying out activities to the detriment of Poland.”
• The diplomatic crisis in relations between the Czech Republic and Russia flared up in April. Czech authorities stated that Russians Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov involved in explosions in 2014 at ammunition depots in the village of Vrbetice. Then two people died. According to investigative journalists, Petrov and Boshirov are officers of Russian military intelligence… It is their called poisoners Russian ex-intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK. The Russians were put on the wanted list.
• On April 17, Interior Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamacek announced that within 48 hours, 18 Russian diplomats must leave the country, since they “were clearly identified by the special services of the Czech Republic as officers of the Russian special services.”
• April 18th Russia has declared 20 employees of the Czech Embassy persona non grata, including the deputy ambassador, and demanded that they leave the country by the end of the day on April 19.
• The Russian Foreign Ministry believes that there is an “American trace” in the expulsion of Russian diplomats from the Czech Republic, and the Kremlin categorically disagrees with the conclusions of the Czech side about the involvement of Russian agents in organizing the explosion and considers these findings “provocative and unfriendly”.
• On April 21, Hamachek announced his readiness to expel all Russian diplomats and build relations with Moscow “from the very beginning”.
• Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulganek on April 21 demandedso that Russia will return all expelled Czech diplomats to the embassy in Moscow before 12.00 on April 22, otherwise the Czech Republic will equalize the number of employees of the Russian embassy with the number of Czech diplomats in the Russian Federation. The country’s Foreign Ministry noted that since April 20, five diplomats and 19 technical employees have been working at the Czech Embassy in Moscow. At the same time, 27 diplomats and 67 administrative and technical employees work at the Russian Embassy in Prague.
• Russia proposed to Prague “to leave ultimatums for communication within NATO”.
• The Czech Foreign Ministry reported on April 22 about reduction in the number of employees of the Russian embassy in Prague to the current number of the Czech diplomatic mission in Moscow. The Czech Republic will expel 22 Russian diplomats by the end of May.
• Official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova stated that the Czech Republic “embarked on the path of destruction of relations” with Russia, threatening to answer.

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