Russia has expelled three European diplomats from Germany, Poland, and Sweden for participating in rallies demanding the release of President Vladimir Putin's biggest critic Alexey Navalny.
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it has made formal protests to the embassies of Germany, Poland and Sweden. Representatives of these countries are said to have
participated in mass demonstrations that saw thousands take to the streets in cities across Russia over the past two weeks.
Politicians across the world have condemned the Moscow Court's sentence of Navalny and called for his release. A Moscow court on Tuesday sent Navalny to prison for more than two-and-a-half years.