https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/r...ions-3qd6lddbt
Russia freezes out Nato in payback for spy expulsions
Russia has said it is freezing ties with Nato after relations between the two plunged to a new low over a spying row.
Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister, said Russia was suspending the work of its mission to Nato and closing down the alliance’s military liaison and information offices in Moscow.
He said the move was retaliation for the expulsion by Nato this month of
eight members of Moscow’s mission in Brussels, where the alliance has its headquarters. Nato said the Russians were “undeclared intelligence officers”. Russia denied the claim.
“Nato is not interested in equitable dialogue and joint work,” Lavrov, 71, said. “If that’s the case, then we don’t see the need to keep pretending that changes in the foreseeable future are possible.” He said the decision would come into force by November 1.
Lavrov said emergency contact between Nato and Russia would now be carried out through the Russian embassy in Belgium. “If Nato has any urgent affairs, they might address our ambassador to Belgium on those matters,” he said…..