Follow CBSMIAMI.COM: Facebook | Twitter MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says they will not be expelling any U.S. diplomats after the U.S. expelled Russian diplomats amid allegations of Russian meddling in the presidential election. Putin castigated the United States Friday for expelling the diplomats but said U.S. diplomats would not be ousted in reprisal for Washington’s moves. In a burgeoning controversy surrounding complaints from the Obama administration about a cyber assault against America’s political system, the White House on Thursday unleashed a string of sanctions and coupled them with an order that 35 Russians be expelled. In a statement Friday on the Kremlin’s website, Putin referred to the sanctions as a “provocation aimed to further undermine Russian-American relations.” But he also said that Moscow would not be ousting American diplomats. “The Russian diplomats returning home will spend the New Year Holidays with their relatives and dear ones,” Putin said. “At home. We will not create problems for U.S. diplomats. We will not expel anybody.” The diplomatic confrontation between Washington and Moscow, which had been festering even before the Nov. 8th presidential election elevated Donald Trump to the presidency, puts pressure on the billionaire businessman not to let Russia off the hook after he takes office on Jan. 20th. Russia’s government had threatened retaliation, and it continues to deny
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