MOSCOW, April 7. /TASS/. Irish Ambassador to Russia Brian McElduff was summoned on Thursday to the Russian Foreign Ministry, he was notified of Moscow’s decision to expel several employees of the Irish Embassy in response to respective actions from Dublin, the ministry said.

"On April 7, Irish Ambassador in Moscow Brian McElduff was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry and strong protest was expressed in connection with the unfriendly and motiveless steps in March by the Irish authorities, who demanded the departure of four employees of the Russian Embassy in Dublin," the Foreign Ministry said.

"The ambassador was informed of our respective retaliatory measures against a number of diplomats working at the Irish Embassy in Moscow, it added.