Deputy Head of the U.Ok.’s Mission to Russia Danae Dholakia, proper, is summoned to Russia’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs., Thursday. TASS-Yonhap
MOSCOW — Russia on Thursday ordered a British diplomat to go away the nation over allegations of spying, expenses that had been dismissed as “baseless” by the U.Ok.
Russia’s Federal Safety Service, recognized by its Russian acronym FSB, alleged the member of embassy workers had labored for British intelligence. It didn’t present proof.
Russia Overseas Ministry mentioned in an announcement the diplomat’s accreditation has been revoked and that the person should now depart the nation inside two weeks. The U.Ok.’s cost d’affaires in Russia, Danae Dholakia, was summoned to the ministry’s Moscow headquarters to obtain the discover.
“Moscow is not going to tolerate the work of undeclared British intelligence officers in Russia,” Russia’s Overseas Ministry mentioned. It additionally mentioned that it might reply in type to any motion taken by London on the difficulty.
The U.Ok.’s Overseas Workplace mentioned it was “rigorously contemplating” a response to Russia’s expulsion of a British diplomat, saying this was not the primary time the Kremlin had made “malicious and baseless” accusations towards workers.
“Their concentrating on of British diplomats comes out of desperation and actions like this undermine the fundamental circumstances required for diplomatic missions to function,” the workplace mentioned.
Russia and NATO allies have carried out a number of rounds of mutual expulsions of diplomats as relations have sunk to the bottom ranges for the reason that Chilly Warfare after the Kremlin despatched troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
Moscow beforehand expelled two British diplomats based mostly in Moscow over spying allegations in March 2025. The U.Ok. additionally mentioned these accusations had been false.
