ロシア外交官ら８人が出国　政府の「追放措置」受け

　松野博一官房長官は２０日の記者会見で、政府が国外追放を決めた在日ロシア大使館の外交官ら８人の日本出国を確認したと明らかにした。同日午後、外交官らを乗せたとみられるロシアの航空機が羽田空港を離陸。日本で情報収集を担っていた人物も含まれるという。
　政府は８日、ウクライナの首都キーウ（キエフ）近郊での民間人殺害を非難し、外交官と通商代表部職員８人の国外退去をロシア側に要求した。８人の中には、ロシア軍参謀本部情報総局（ＧＲＵ）や、旧ソ連国家保安委員会（ＫＧＢ）の後継機関の一つとなる対外情報局（ＳＶＲ）といった組織に関係する人物もいるとみられる。（2022/04/20-17:33）

A total of eight Russian diplomats and trade officials left Japan on Wednesday, after the Japanese government decided earlier this month to expel them amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
   At a press conference on the day, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the government has confirmed the departure of the Russian officials, believed to include those linked to Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU, and the Foreign Intelligence Service, or SVR, which is one of the successors of the Soviet-era KGB.
   A Russian aircraft carrying the officials took off from Tokyo's Haneda Airport in the afternoon.
   On April 8, Tokyo demanded the Russian side have the officials leave Japan, while condemning Russia for civilian killings near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
   It is unusual for Japan to expel multiple foreign diplomats at once. In 2012, Syria's ambassador to Japan was expelled over the persecution of anti-government rebels by the administration of Syrian President Bashar Assad.