Russia expels 10 diplomats and considers the "harmful" measure of US companies to respond to the previous sanctions of the country.

In the press conference on April 16, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said it would expel 10 US diplomats to retaliatize 10 Russian officials for accusing election intervention and "Other malicious actions

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Lavrov said Russia is considering measures "can harm" to US business in this country, and end the operation of US funds and non-governmental organizations in Russia allegedly "

"After the press conference, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will issue a release to state the measures approved by Russian President to respond to completely unfriendly and inorganic behaviors that the US announced in the Russian Federation, the

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, on April 12.

In addition to the export of 10 Russian diplomats, the US government on April 15 put some Russian companies on a blacklist and prohibit US banks to buy bonds from the Russian Central Bank, Ministry of Finance and the Property Fund.

The Kremlin Dimtry Peskov spokesman said US sanctions were "absolutely unacceptable".

Russian-American relations fell to the lowest level after the Cold War, when US President Joe Biden in March called Putin "murderer".

America suppressed a punishment order to enter Russia with an allegation of the country to intervene in 2020, attacking the network, threatening Ukraine with many "other malicious behavior".

President Biden proposed to hold talks with Putin and called for release of stress in Russian-American relations, confirming the White House and the Kremlin to keep in touch.