The three Baltic republics of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have announced that they are expelling employees of Russian embassies in solidarity with the Czech Republic, RIA Novosti reported.
Lithuania is chasing two Russian diplomats from the country, Latvia and Estonia one each.
A response from Russia immediately followed, with Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announcing that Moscow would respond to the three countries for expelling Russian diplomats.
Last week, the Czech Republic accused Russia of involvement in an explosion at an ammunition depot in Varbetica in 2014 that killed two people. He announced that he had expelled 18 Russian diplomats, whom he suspected were intelligence officers.
Russia responded by expelling 20 employees of the Czech embassy in Moscow.
Due to the unfounded and disproportionate response, Prague called on NATO and EU allies to pursue Russian diplomats.
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