State Department confirms that Russia can replace the diplomats, alleged to be intel officers, expelled last week.
US “is not requiring the Russian bilateral mission to reduce its total number of personnel” a spox says. New accreditation to be reviewed on a “case-by-case basis.”

— Julian Borger (@julianborger) April 2, 2018

The Kremlin was boasting and laughing about this on Russian TV two days ago. Putin enjoys showing there’s no limit to the humiliation Trump will accept from him. Helps him rally his gang facing sanctions. https://t.co/iAdIg2b3i5

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) April 2, 2018