Published November 26,2024
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Russia on Tuesday introduced the expulsion of a British diplomat in Moscow over espionage allegations.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) mentioned in an announcement that the worker posted on the UK Embassy in Moscow, who arrived within the capital in August to switch one in every of six British diplomats declared persona non grata for comparable causes, has been ordered to depart Russia inside two weeks.
The FSB assertion claimed that the diplomat involved “deliberately supplied false info when receiving permission to enter our nation, thereby violating Russian regulation.
“At the identical time, the FSB has discovered proof and intelligence of his subversive work by the aforementioned diplomat, which endangers the Russian Federation’s safety.
“The FSB will continue to work to counter the intelligence and subversive activities of foreign intelligence services using all available methods.”
Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova informed state news company Tass that British Ambassador to Moscow Nigel Casey was summoned to the ministry in reference to the costs towards the diplomat.
Tass additionally shared a video of Casey’s arrival on the ministry constructing in Moscow.
The UK Foreign Office has but to formally touch upon the difficulty, whereas Moscow has not but launched an announcement following Casey’s arrival on the ministry.
Source: www.anews.com.tr