 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday that over 20 German diplomats are being expelled from Russia as a tit-for-tat move in response to the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats from Germany. Her statement came shortly after Russian Foreign Ministry denounced another mass expulsion of employees of Russian diplomatic missions in Germany. We strongly condemn these actions of Berlin, which continues to defiantly destroy the entire array of Russian-German relations, the ministry said in a statement released on Saturday. The maximum number of employees in German diplomatic missions in Russia will also be significantly limited, it said, adding that on April 5, the Russian Foreign Ministry officially notified German ambassador to Russia Geze Andreas von Ger of this decision. Ermini did not immediately confirm any expulsions of its own, but said the arrival of a Russian government plane in Berlin was connected to the issue.