NATO expels eight Russian diplomats, alleging they were working as spies

In the course of the assembly, Lavrov interrupted Stoltenberg, in an trade two European officers described as “impolite,” and accused NATO of supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine and abandoning Afghanistan. Lavrov, in keeping with a European official and an individual accustomed to the assembly, additionally stated the NATO-Russia Council — a discussion board established in 2002 to advertise cooperation between the 2 sides — was pointless, complaining that NATO members typically gang up on Russia.