US and 23 other countries join mass expulsion of Russian spies to 'dismantle' Putin espionage network

US and 23 other countries join mass expulsion of Russian spies to 'dismantle' Putin espionage network 

In an article by, Ben Riley-Smith for The Telegraph, he takes a look into how 24 countries have recently joined with Britain to break apart Russia's worldwide spy network. Starting with the Prime Minister, he vowed to never allow President Putin's "espionage machine," be rebuilt after the United States and other Western allies announced the expulsion of more than 130 Russian intelligence officers. Even President Trump ordered 60 suspected Russian spies to leave the US, which is kind of surprising. By the unprecedented show of solidarity, it has sent a strong signal to the Kremlin that Russia can no longer continue to defy international law and threaten other's security. By preceding with these actions the White House is trying to show Putin that "actions have consequences" and as a result it has made a big impact on Russian intelligence-gathering system.

People are speculating that the whole point of these Russian spies was to try and divide and intimidate the Western alliances, but in a result it has actual gone in the opposite direction with countries uniting to put an end to them. Overall, I think everything that has been going on with Russia and the United States shows that countries will do whatever it takes to have control, whether it is right or not. It also seems like nowadays Russia is just causing more and more problems and it will be interesting to see what ends up happening with them in the long run as a country and whether or not they will end up falling apart.

Link to article: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/26/donald-trump-expels-60-russian-diplomats-response-salisbury/