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Russia expels six British diplomats from Moscow for 'espionage and sabotage'

Politiko 2024-09-13 21:59:08

Russia expels six British diplomats from Moscow for 'espionage and

Six British diplomats have been expelled from Russia after being accused of "espionage and sabotage".

The country's FSB security service said they worked in the "political department" of the British embassy in Moscow, writes Skynews . 

A Foreign Office spokesman called the claims "completely unfounded".

They said the diplomats had been expelled in August "following action taken by the UK government in response to Russian state-directed activity across Europe and in the UK".

"We make no apologies for defending our national interests," the spokesman added.

The FSB claimed that the Eastern European and Central Asian branch of the Foreign Office was now a "special service whose main task is to inflict a strategic defeat on our country".

News of the expulsion comes after President Vladimir Putin warned against Ukraine getting approval to use Western-supplied long-range missiles against Russia.

He said that this would "significantly change the essence, the very nature of the conflict" and "mean that NATO countries, the US and European countries are at war with Russia".

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