Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Russian Federation will withdraw a consent to work of Consulate General Sweden in Saint Petersburg

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Five Swedish diplomats are declared by personas non grata as a countermeasure, it is offered to them to leave Russian Federation, told on March 25 in Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Moscow informed the ambassador Sweden to Russian Federation  Anna Malena Mard that Moscow made the decision on the termination since September 1, 2023 activity Consulate general Russian Federation in Gothenburg, and also on a response by the Russian side since September 1 of the consent to activity Consulate general Sweden in Saint Petersburg. The solution of the Russian side, noted in Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Russian Federation to Sweden persons is caused by the announcement on April 25, 2023 five employees of foreign institutions...