Russia halts Nato mission after expulsion of its staff

Moscow is suspending its mission to Nato in response to the expulsion of eight Russian staff, the country’s foreign minister announced. Sergei Lavrov said. staff at Nato’s mission in Moscow would be stripped of their accreditation from 1 November, and that the body could interact with Russia through its embassy in Brussels if needed, according to Russian news agencies.

Nato said the eight Russians who were expelled last week had been secretly working as intelligence officers and halved the size of Moscow’s team able to work at its Belgian headquarters.