The move followed two Russian envoys being expelled from NATO's headquarters in Brussels last week, allegedly as a result of spying.
Canadian Twitterers were baffled by the news:
rickster_CA (Toronto, Canada) Russia expels 2 Canadian diplomats??? What did we ever do to them? http://tinyurl.com/d7rvyx
tommydoubleu (Toronto, Canada) That's it. We're going to war with Russia. How do you expell a Canadian diplomat? Ask them nicely? Insult their hockey team of choice?
markmackinnon (Canada/Asia) I know one of those tossed. If he's a spy, I'm a point guard for the LA Lakers.
danjl (Montreal, Canada) Russia expels Canadian diplomats; Makes Canadians feel bad-ass. http://tinyurl.com/dyenln
lifeonqueen (Toronto, Canada) The diplomatic equivalent of kicking the dog after fight with spouse RT@nytimesworld Russia to Expel CDNs http://bit.ly/47sTC #nato #canada
No Russian tweets about the incident could be immediately found.
