Russia had notified Germany, Poland, and Sweden that one each of their diplomats in Moscow was "persona non grata" at the same time as Borrell and Lavrov were speaking to media, EU sources told EUobserver.
It did so on grounds the diplomats took part in "unlawful" protests to free Russian opposition hero Alexei Navalny on 23 January, but timed its announcement to cause maximum offence to its guest.
Borrell had gone to Moscow, on his own initiative, in the first high-level EU trip of its type in four years.
He went to hold a "strategic" dialogue, on issues such as Middle East wars, and to pass on the EU message that Navalny must be freed.
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Russia humiliates Borrell in Moscow
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