Diplomats expelled from Russia by country 2023

From January 1, 2022, to September 14, 2023, Russia expelled a total of 65 diplomatic staff from the United Kingdom since 2000. To compare, over the same period, the UK has expelled 28 Russian diplomats. In 2022, several diplomats from the Baltic states were expelled from Russia as a tit-for-tat response to Russian diplomat expulsions from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania due to the war in Ukraine.

Number of foreign diplomats expelled from Russia from 2000 to 2023, by country

Characteristic	2000-2021	2022-2023
United States*	844	3
United Kingdom	65	-
Poland	10	45
Germany*	7	40
France	4	34
Spain	4	27
Italy	3	24
Czechia	25	1
Bulgaria*	7	17
Netherlands	4	15
Ukraine	18	-
Estonia	12	5
Lithuania	10	5
Sweden	7	8
Romania	3	11
Belgium	1	12

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

January 1, 2000 to September 14, 2023

Supplementary notes

*The exact number of U.S. and Bulgarian diplomats expelled from Russia in 2022 and German diplomats in 2023 was not available.
As of September 14, 2023.
The countries with the highest total number of expelled diplomats are presented.
Based on the countries' official statements.

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