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Deutsche Welle: US expels Russian diplomats and issues sanctions over SolarWinds hacking attack

Published April 15, 2021 at 4:37 pm

US President Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a phone call on April 13, 2021, Biden proposed a summit in coming months to be held in a third country "to discuss the full range of issues facing the United States and Russia."

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The United States on Thursday announced the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats and sanctions against nearly three dozen people.

The sanctions represent the first retaliatory action announced against the Kremlin for last year’s hacking attack, which has been called the “SolarWinds” breach.