STOCKHOLM, August 3 /TASS/. The Swedish Foreign Ministry has confirmed the explusion of its diplomat from Russia, the SVT channel said on Monday.

The expulsion will affect the relations between the two countries, SVT quoted Swedish Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Johan Tegel as saying.

Earlier on Monday, the Russian authorities announced a high-ranking Swedish diplomat who worked at the Swedish embassy in Moscow persona non grata. No more details have been available so far.