The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced that three employees of the US Embassy in Moscow have been suspected of stealing personal belongings of a Russian citizen.

In a statement to TASS News on Friday, the Ministry said that Russia has sent an official diplomatic note to the Embassy asking to withdraw diplomatic immunity of the suspected employees in order to press criminal charges against them. "A note was sent to the United Embassy with a request to yank the diplomatic immunity from three employees of the American diplomatic mission over their designation as theft suspects of personal belongings from a Russian citizen. "Should the embassy refuse to withdraw the immunity, the mentioned people must leave Russian territory immediately," the Ministry added. No other details, including the identities of the suspects, were revealed.

Earlier this week the Russian foreign ministry said a U.S. congressional proposal to expel 300 Russian diplomats from the United States would lead to the closure of U.S. diplomatic facilities in Russia, if implemented.

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