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Russia expels British diplomat over espionage claims

26 November 2024 16:20 (UTC +04:00)

Russia has expelled a British diplomat after accusing him of espionage, APA reports TASS news agency.

The agency cited Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying that the ministry had also summoned the British ambassador.

Footage shows the British ambassador's car pulling up to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow.

The FSB security service said the diplomat appeared to have carried out "intelligence and subversive work" and had "deliberately provided false data when obtaining permission to enter our country, thus violating Russian law," state news agencies reported.

There has been no immediate comment from the UK Foreign Office or the British Embassy in Moscow.