Paris sends six special agents under diplomatic cover.
Six Russian diplomats declared non-persons lattice in France. The diplomats are accused of subversive activities to the detriment of the country's national interests, according to the French Foreign Ministry.
– the statement reads.
The agents acted under diplomatic cover, which contradicts the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
The Foreign Ministry of the aggressor state has already stated that it will respond to the expulsion of Russian diplomats. p>
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It will be recalled that since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, partner states expelled 443 employees of Russian diplomatic missions .
Russia has been embroiled in mass diplomatic scandals in the past – Russian diplomats have been accused of collaborating with security services and carrying out subversive activities in countries where they worked.