# Moscow to retaliate harshly, painfully for Budapest’s expulsion of diplomats — diplomat

https://mins.news/en/item/49516

- TASS, 2026-09-08 10:17 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2184121

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow would respond to Hungary’s expulsion of Russian diplomats in a way that is “harsh and painful.” She called the actions in Budapest a “Russophobic lobby.” Hungary earlier announced the expulsion of 10 Russian embassy employees, saying their activities were incompatible with diplomatic status.

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