UK revokes Russian diplomat’s accreditation in tit-for-tat move

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Britain is revoking the accreditation of a Russian diplomat, the foreign ministry said Thursday, after Moscow last year expelled a British official accusing him of espionage. (AFP/File)
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  • Russia’s ambassador to London was summoned by the Foreign Office

LONDON: Britain is revoking the accreditation of a Russian diplomat, the foreign ministry said Thursday, after Moscow last year expelled a British official accusing him of espionage.
Russia’s ambassador to London was summoned by the Foreign Office and told it was in “response to Russia’s unprovoked and baseless decision to strip the accreditation of a British diplomat in Moscow in November,” the ministry said in a statement. The UK “will not stand for intimidation of our staff in this way,” it added.

Topics: Russia UK espionage