The Foreign Ministry decided to send two employees of the Netherlands of the Netherlands from Russia after the prosecution of Russian diplomats in espionage

The authorities of the Russian Federation decided to send two employees of the Netherlands Embassy from the country after the country accused two Russian diplomats of espionage. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. The ministry “stated a decisive protest” by the temporary attorney in the affairs of the Netherlands in Russia by Joosta Reintyes due to the “unreasonable announcement” by persons of Non-grata of Russian employees.

The Foreign Ministry called the "slanderous" accusations of activity "incompatible with diplomatic status."

"This unfriendly and provocative step, as well as a new round of anti-Russian hysteria, organized by the Hague with the help of pro-government media, demonstrated the absence of common sense in the Dutch power and understanding of real problems in the framework of Russian-Niderland relations, preserving the tendency to a further deliberate undermining of their foundations," the press release said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that the Netherlands authorities "once again resorted to their favorite reception of the nomination of unreasonable and slanderous accusations."

In December, the Netherlands general intelligence and security service said that one of the Russian intelligence officers worked as an accredited diplomat at the Hague Embassy and "engaged in espionage in the field of technology and science", in particular, was interested in information about "artificial intelligence, semiconductors and nanotechnologies."

According to the Netherlands, he "contacted persons who have access to confidential information in the field of high technology" and paid some of them for information.

The second diplomat was also from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and played a “auxiliary role”, said in Dutch intelligence.