Eight EU countries call for restricting Russian diplomats' movement

Eight European Union foreign ministers called on the EU to ban Russian diplomats from moving freely around the bloc and to restrict them to countries where they are accredited, in a letter to EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

"Free movement of holders of Russian diplomatic and service passports, accredited in one host state, across the whole Schengen area is easing malign activities," the letter seen by Reuters said.