*As of September 14, 2023. The figures exclude the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Germany announced in April 2023 because the exact number of diplomats expelled was not provided.
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Number of Russian diplomats expelled worldwide 2010-2023
In 2022, 566 Russian diplomats have been expelled from countries worldwide since the beginning of the year. The majority of expulsions were related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022. The 2022 figure was the highest over the observed period. Previously, the figures peaked in 2018, when more than 20 countries made collective expulsion orders in solidarity with the United Kingdom after the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal.
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