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Thread ID: 145998	2018-03-28 02:28:00	60 Russian Diplomats expelled from USA	Zippity (58)	PC World Chat

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1447787	2018-03-28 02:28:00	So 60 were expelled. Out of how many? How many Russian Diplomats are there based in the USA?	Zippity (58)
1447788	2018-03-28 02:52:00	Let me ask Google . . . . . brb . . . . . . . . These are all the countries that are expelling Russian diplomats By Angela Dewan, Milena Veselinovic and Carol Jordan, CNN Updated 1:24 PM ET, Tue March 27, 2018 KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT - DECEMBER 13: Czech soldiers in chemical protection suits take part in a chemical attack response drill conducted at the U . S . Embassy by civil defense authorities and troops from the United States, Germany, and Czech Republic December 13, 2002 in Kuwait City, Kuwait . The exercise, dubbed 'Event Horizon,' was staged to test the coordinated emergency response to a mock attack on the U . S . Embassy in Kuwait by terrorists using deadly sarin nerve gas . Members of the emergency services in green biohazard suits work to afix the tent over the bench where a man and a woman were found on March 4 in critical condition at The Maltings shopping centre in Salisbury, southern England, on March 8, 2018 after the tent became detached . British detectives on March 8 scrambled to find the source of the nerve agent used in the "brazen and reckless" attempted murder of a Russian former double-agent and his daughter . Sergei Skripal, 66, who moved to Britain in a 2010 spy swap, is unconscious in a critical but stable condition in hospital along with his daughter Yulia after they collapsed on a bench outside a shopping centre on Sunday . SALISBURY, ENGLAND - MARCH 07: A police tent ehind a cordon outside The Maltings shopping centre where a man and a woman were found critically ill on a bench on March 4 and taken to hospital sparking a major incident, on March 7, 2018 in Wiltshire, England . Sergei Skripal, who was granted refuge in the UK following a spy swap between the US and Russia in 2010, and his daughter remain critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance . US President Donald Trump (R) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talked as they made their way to take the family photo during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017 . World leaders and senior business figures are gathering in the Vietnamese city of Danang this week for the annual 21-member APEC summit . Russia accuses US of nerve agent attack - Trump: We'll condemn Russia if they poisoned ex-spy . British detectives on March 8 scrambled to find the source of the nerve agent used in the brazen and reckless attempted murder of a Russian former double-agent and his daughter . Sergei Skripal, 66, who moved to Britain in a 2010 spy swap, is unconscious in a critical but stable condition in a hospital along with his daughter Yulia after they collapsed on a bench outside a shopping centre on Sunday . May: Russia likely behind nerve agent attack London (CNN)It's the biggest collective expulsion of alleged Russian intelligence officers in history, according to British Prime Minister Theresa May . Diplomats are being kicked out of more than 20 countries -- including 18 European Union states, the United States and Canada -- in a coordinated effort that represents a significant diplomatic victory for the UK, which blames Russia in the March 4 poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury, England . The UK has already expelled 23 Russian diplomats . Moscow retaliated by sending the same number of UK diplomats back, and by shuttering British cultural institutions in the country . Here's what each country is doing: European Union nations Belgium: A Foreign Ministry spokesman told CNN the country will expel one diplomat to show solidarity with the UK . Croatia: Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said Croatia will expel one diplomat . Czech Republic: The Czech Republic will expel three diplomats, Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Foreign Minister Martin Stropnicky announced at a press conference . The Czech Foreign Ministry tweeted that it declared the diplomats "personae non gratae . " Denmark: The Foreign Ministry announced two diplomats would be expelled . "We stand shoulder to shoulder with Britain and clearly say no to Russia at a time when Russia is also in threatening and seeking to undermine Western values and the rule-based international order in other areas," Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said . Estonia: The Estonia Foreign Ministry told CNN one Russian diplomat, a defense attaché, will be expelled . Finland: Finland will expel one diplomat, its Foreign Ministry said . France: French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced the expulsion of four diplomats, who must leave the country within a week . He said that the decision followed the European Council's conclusions that the attack "posed a serious threat to our collective security" and that France was acting "in solidarity with our British partners . " Germany: The German Foreign Ministry said Monday it would expel four diplomats . "In close coordination within the European Union and with NATO allies, the Federal Government has decided to ask four Russian diplomats to leave Germany within seven days . The request was sent to the Russian Embassy today," the ministry said in a statement . Hungary: The Foreign Ministry said Hungary would expel one diplomat over "what has been discussed at the European Council meeting," adding that the diplomat was "also conducting intelligence activities . " Ireland: One Russian diplomat has been expelled, Ireland's minister for foreign affairs and trade, Simon Coveney, said in a statement Tuesday . Italy: The Italian Foreign Ministry said it will expel two diplomats from the Russian Embassy in Rome "as a sign of solidarity with the United Kingdom and in coordination with the European partners and NATO . " Latvia: The Foreign Ministry told CNN it would expel one diplomat and one private citizen who runs the office of a Russian company in the capital, Riga . Lithuania: Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevicius said on Twitter the country would expel three diplomats "in solidarity with the UK over #SalisburyAttack . " Lithuania would also sanction an additional 21 individuals and ban 23 more from entering the country . Netherlands: Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the expulsion of two diplomats, saying the use of chemical weapons was unacceptable . Poland: Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it would expel four diplomats and said the attack showed how "a similar immediate threat to the territory and citizens of EU and NATO member states can happen anywhere . " Romania: Romania's Foreign Ministry said on Twitter that one diplomat would be expelled . Spain: The Foreign Ministry said Spain will expel two diplomats . "From the outset, we have considered the nerve agent attack in Salisbury to be an extremely serious development that represents a significant threat to our collective security and to international law," the ministry said on Twitter . Sweden: The Foreign Ministry told CNN it will expel one diplomat . Non-EU countries Albania: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN it will expel two Russian diplomats . In a statement, the ministry said called each diplomat a "persona non grata" and said the pair's activities were "not compliant to their diplomatic status . " Australia: The government released a statement that it will expel two Russian diplomats "for actions inconsistent with their status, pursuant to the Vienna Conventions . " The two diplomats must leave Australia within seven days, according to the statement . Canada: Ottawa said it was expelling four Russian diplomats alleged to be intelligence officers "or individuals who have used their diplomatic status to undermine Canada's security or interfere in our democracy . " Additionally it was refusing three applications by Moscow for additional diplomatic staff . "The nerve agent attack represents a clear threat to the rules-based international order and to the rules that were established by the international community to ensure chemical weapons would never again destroy human lives," Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said . Macedonia: The Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it would be expelling one Russian diplomat in response to the Skripal case . Moldova: The Foreign Ministry told CNN on Tuesday that it will expel three Russian diplomats and that they must leave the country within seven days . Norway: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN it would expel one Russian diplomat in response to the attack . "The use of a nerve agent in Salisbury is a very serious matter," Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide said in a statement . "Such an incident must have consequences . " Ukraine: President Petro Poroshenko said Ukraine, which has experienced years of hostility from Russia, including the annexation of Crimea, would expel 13 diplomats . "Russia has again reconfirmed its disdainful attitude to the sovereignty of independent states and the value of human life," Poroshenko said . United States: The White House said it was expelling 60 Russian diplomats identified as intelligence agents and also announced the closure of the Russian Consulate in Seattle . It represents the most forceful action that President Donald Trump has taken against Russia to date . Of those being expelled, 48 of the alleged intelligence agents work at the Russian Embassy in Washington and 12 are posted at the United Nations in New York, senior administration officials said .	SurferJoe46 (51)
1447789	2018-03-28 03:52:00	All very good, but you haven't answered my question :( How many Diplomats are there in total in the USA? The 60 represents what percentage (%) based in the USA?	Zippity (58)
1447790	2018-03-28 04:17:00	I asked Google and that's what I got.	SurferJoe46 (51)
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