The move marks the second expulsion of a British diplomat by Russia this year.
People enjoy warm weather as they sit at Zaryadye park in Moscow, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, backdropped by the Spasskaya tower of the Kremlin and St. Basil’s Cathedral. MOSCOW — Russia on Monday expelled a British diplomat over accusations of spying that were rejected as “complete nonsense” by the U.
K., aRussia’s Federal Security Service , the country’s top domestic security and counterintelligence agency, said in a statement that the diplomat was “carrying out intelligence and subversive activities that threaten the security of the Russian Federation.”An Israeli soldier from Connecticut is killed in southern Lebanon weeks after completing trainingUkrainians chide German defense boss for jibes about ‘Lego’ drones made by ‘housewives’The FSB charged that the diplomat had sought to gather “sensitive information” about the Russian economy in “unofficial meetings” with Russian experts, without providing further details. It said he was ordered to leave Russia within two weeks. A spokesperson for the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said in a statement that “the accusations made today by Russia against our diplomats are complete nonsense.” “Russia has pursued an increasingly aggressive and coordinated campaign of harassment against British diplomats, pumping out malicious and completely baseless accusations about their work,” the spokesperson said. “The UK does not stand for intimidation of British embassy staff and their families.” The move marks the second expulsion of a British diplomat by Russia this year, following another such move in January that the U.K. also dismissed as “baseless.” The British governmentIn March 2025, Moscow expelled two British diplomats based in Moscow over spying allegations that the U.K. also dismissed as false. Russia and NATO allies have carried out multiple rounds of mutual expulsions of diplomats as relations have sunk to the lowest levels since the Cold War after the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.San Diego loses population as immigration nosedives. What are the consequences? Its schools are falling apart, and voters won’t pass a bond. Could a little-used tactic help this district?Crews battle brush fire in Santee that prompted evacuation of shoppersTom Krasovic: MLB denying the Padres competitive-balance draft picks makes no senseTens of thousands of San Diegans gather countywide for third No Kings protests
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