EU countries expel Russian diplomats in Navalny dispute

BERLIN (AP) — Germany, Poland and Sweden have each declared a Russian diplomat in their country “persona non grata.” They were retaliating in kind to last week’s decision by Moscow to expel diplomats from the three European Union countries. Russian officials accused them of attending a demonstration in support of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Germany’s foreign ministry said Russia’s decision to expel the diplomats, including a staffer at the German