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Russia expels Georgian diplomats in retaliatory move
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia ordered three Georgian diplomats on Thursday to leave the country, retaliating for a similar move by Tbilisi a day earlier.
"We are expelling three senior diplomats from the Georgian mission," a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said, without giving further details.
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili expelled the Russians after accusing Russian intelligence of fomenting a bitter political crisis in the Caucasus republic, a charge rejected by Moscow and by the Georgian opposition.
(Writing by Oleg Shchedrov, Editing by Michael Stott)
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