Moscow on Wednesday announced that it will expel U.S. diplomats from Russia. Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the U.S. embassy in Moscow was handed a list of its diplomats that were declared “persona non grata.” Persona non grata means “an unwelcome person.” “On March 23, a note with the list of the American diplomats declared ‘persona non grata’ was handed to the head of the American diplomatic mission who was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” the ministry said in a statement. “The American side was told very firmly that any hostile U.S. actions against Russia would provoke a decisive and comparable response,” the statement said, Russia’s state-run agency Interfax reported. Russian state-run media said the move was in response to Washington’s decision last month to expel 12 Russian diplomats at its U.N. mission in New York. The United States accused the expelled individuals of “espionage activities.” “The …