Western Powers Need to Get More Creative Against Russia

Members of the Czech Embassy in Russia arrive at Vaclav Havel Airport in Prague, two days after the Czech Republic announced it would expel 18 Russian diplomats who are suspected of involvement in a 2014 explosion, on April 19. Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images

April 21, 2021, 4:23 PM

Margaret Thatcher was not a woman of half-measures. In September 1985, having decided that the Soviet Union had gone too far in spying on the United Kingdom, the British prime minister threw 31 Soviets deemed to be spies out. The Soviet Union quickly retaliated by expelling 25 Britons it considered spies.