August 17, 2010 By Citizen M

Romania Retaliates

Romania is not happy about Russia’s treatment of a Romanian diplomat who has been accused of spying by the FSB. Gabriel Grecu was arrested yesterday and told to leave Russia. Today Romania has decided to retaliate by declaring a Russian diplomat in Romania a persona non grata. The AFP reports:

Romania accused Russian authorities of a “serious violation” of diplomatic protocol by detaining their diplomat.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the serious violation by the Russian authorities of the Vienna conventions on diplomatic protocol of 1961 by the detention during the day of August 16 of a Romanian diplomat accredited to Moscow and the completely inadequate treatment to which they subjected him,” it said in a statement…