Russia has decided to expel two British diplomats working at the British Embassy in Moscow. The Russian authorities claim that these individuals were involved in spying activities. According to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB),

Russia has revoked the accreditation of two British diplomats over alleged intelligence activities, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Monday, the latest in a series of tit-for-tat diplomatic rebukes that was quickly dismissed by London as “baseless.

Russia's FSB security service said on Monday that it was expelling two alleged British spies who it said had provided false information to get diplomatic accreditation to enter the country. The

The pair were accused of engaging in intelligence activity under cover of the embassy in Moscow, after the UK convicted six Bulgarian nationals of large-scale spying for Russia

Mutual expulsions of diplomats have become increasingly common since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022