US Expels Two Russian Officials Over Police Attack in Moscow

The United States has expelled two Russian diplomats in retaliation for an attack on a U.S. diplomat in Moscow at the hands of Russian police. U.S. State Department Spokesman John Kirby said Friday the two unnamed Russian officials were expelled June 17, almost two weeks after he said a Russian guard attacked a U.S. diplomat outside the U.S. embassy compound in Moscow. A video released earlier in the week by Russian state television network NTV shows a man leaving a taxi in front of...

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