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Berlin (Germany), Feb 9 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Filip Singer).- Germany, Poland and Sweden responded to Moscow Monday, each of them expelling a Russian diplomat from their territory, in a coordinated action with Russia on the same day that the EU called for new sanctions against Russia following the Kremlin's decision to expel three European diplomats on Friday. FOOTAGE OF THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY AND THE GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE IN BERLIN.
Fourteen EU states are expelling Russian diplomats in a coordinated response to the nerve agent attack on a former spy in the English city of Salisbury, EU President Donald Tusk says. SOUNDBITE
File images of the Latvian MEP Tatjana Zdanoka who has been accused by a press investigation of spying for Moscow over the past two decades. The European Parliament has announced that it has opened an investigation into the MEP. According to the Russian investigative website The Insider (based in Latvia), Tatjana Zdanoka, a non-attached MEP elected in 2004, is alleged to have collaborated with the Russian security services (FSB) from 2005. IMAGES
A group of 16 foreign nationals from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus go on trial in a Polish court on charges of espionage, preparing acts of sabotage and gathering information for Russia. The defendants include a Russian hockey player who played in the Polish league. The verdict for 14 of the 16 defendants who plead guilty is expected later today. IMAGES
The European Union declares a group of Russian diplomats working with the EU institutions "persona non grata", setting in motion their possible expulsion from Belgium. SOUNDBITE
Images of the Russian Embassy in Berlin following Germany's decision to expel "a high number" of Russian diplomats stationed in Berlin. IMAGES of the Russian Embassy in Berlin