Russian prime minister dismisses trade representative to US

MOSCOW, Apr 20 (PRIME) -- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed Trade Representative to the U.S. Alexander Stadnik, according to documents seen by PRIME on Friday.

Earlier, 16 countries of the E.U., the U.S., Canada, Norway and Ukraine expelled Russian diplomats after poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the U.K. The U.S. government expelled 48 employees of the diplomatic mission and 12 more employees of the U.N. mission and shut down Russia’s consulate general in Seattle.

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