Russian diplomats who were expelled by order of US President Barack Obama have left Washington for Moscow, Russia's embassy in the US said.
"The plane has taken off," a spokesman for Russia's embassy in the United States, Nikolai Lakhonin, said.
Obama last week ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian suspected spies and imposed sanctions on two Russian intelligence agencies over allegations of hacking aimed to interfere in the US election, espionage, and harassment of US diplomats in Russia.
