Coinciding with a new joint analysis from the intelligence community concluding that that Kremlin was behind election-season hacking, President Obama ordered a series of punitive measures against Russia including the expansion of sanctions against several entities and individuals.
Thirty-five Russian government officials in Washington and San Francisco have also been told to pack up their bags and leave the country within 72 hours. The "persona non grata" declaration, the White House said, was in response to harassment of U.S. diplomatic personnel in Russia that "has increased significantly and gone far beyond international diplomatic norms of behavior."
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