NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that seven Russian diplomats accreditation working within NATO was canceled.

Stoltenberg said that Russia's number of staff in NATO has been reduced to 20 and that Russia's intelligence capacity will be reduced in NATO countries.

Yesterday, the European countries and the United States decided to deport 100 Russian diplomats in total. Germany, France, Poland and Canada 4, Lithuania, Moldova and the Czech Republic 3, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Australia, Netherlands, Albania 2, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Norway, Macedonia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, and Ireland have deported a Russian diplomat.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said that the decision to deport Russian diplomats from a large number of countries was a collective message sent to Russia.

Experts assessing the tension in the London-Moscow line say the current situation is like a cold war period.

Former Russian agent Sergey Skripal and daughter Yulia were poisoned by a Russian-made military-grade nerve agent on 4 March in the southern English city in Salisbury, England Britain has blamed Russia on the verge of using a Russian-made poison in the case. (ILKHA)