The Russian government has threatened retaliation over one of the largest mass expulsions of its diplomats in history, after more than 20 countries backed action by the United Kingdom over the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Salisbury.
在20余个国家就俄罗斯前间谍在索尔兹伯里中毒一事力挺英国后，俄罗斯政府威胁称将对史上最大规模之一的外交官被驱逐展开报复。
According to Russian state media Tass, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the government "deeply regretted" the US's decision to expel to their diplomats, and would analyze the situation before submitting a proposal for retaliatory action to Russian President Vladimir Putin to approve.据俄罗斯国家媒体《塔斯社》报道，克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫表示，政府对美国驱逐俄罗斯外交官的决定“深表遗憾”，将会分析局势，而后向总统弗拉基米尔·普京提交制裁提议。"We already stated and reconfirm that Russia has never had any relation to this (poisoning)," Peskov said.佩斯科夫指出：“我们已经表明并且重申，俄罗斯与这起中毒案毫无干系。”The United States announced it would be expelling 60 Russian diplomats and closing the consulate in Seattle, President Donald Trump's toughest diplomatic move against Moscow since he took office in 2017.
美国方面日前宣布，将会驱逐60名俄罗斯外交官，同时关闭俄罗斯驻西雅图大使馆，这是唐纳德·特朗普总统自2017年上任后对莫斯科采取的最强硬外交举动。Canada, Ukraine and member states of the European Union joined the United States in expelling more than 100 Russian diplomats on Monday.加拿大、乌克兰和欧盟成员国加入了美国的行列，于周一驱逐了100多名俄罗斯外交官。As of Tuesday morning, 13 Russian diplomats were expelled from Ukraine, while Canada, Germany, France and Poland each expelled four.截止周二上午，乌克兰驱逐了13名俄罗斯外交官，加拿大、德国、法国和波兰各驱逐了4名。More than a dozen other countries, including Australia, Italy and the Netherlands, have each expelled between one and three Russian diplomats or intelligence officers.而包括澳大利亚、意大利和荷兰在内的其他至少12个国家，则驱逐了一至三名俄罗斯外交官或情报人员。