The situation is still tense between Europe and Russia, against the backdrop of the Alexeï Navalny affair, named after this Russian opponent of Vladimir Poutine, sentenced this week to three and a half years in prison. Latest episode, the expulsion by Moscow of three German, Polish and Swedish diplomats, accused of having participated in a pro-Navalny demonstration, at the end of January. On the sidelines of a Franco-German defense council, Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel commented on this decision. This announcement illustrates the state of Russian-European tensions, while Josep Borrell, head of EU diplomacy, from Moscow denounced the imprisonment of Alexey Navalny and the repression of demonstrations in his favor.
VIDEO. Expulsion of diplomats in Russia: Macron "condemns with the greatest firmness"
2021-02-05T19:31:06.093Z
Russia expelled three diplomats (German, Polish and Swedish), accused of participating in a pro-Navalny rally. A decision