Germany, Sweden expel Russian diplomats in tit-for-tat

BERLIN (AP) — Germany 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 several European diplomats from the country. Germany’s foreign ministry said Monday that Russia’s decision to expel the European diplomats, including a staffer at the German Embassy in Moscow, “was not justified in any way.” It added that the decision was taken in close