Russia revokes accreditation of 6 UK Embassy staff, accuses them of subversion
Pravda Ukraine
Russia has revoked the accreditation of six staff members of the UK Embassy in Moscow, accusing them of conducting intelligence and subversion.
Source: European Pravda, citing the Russian Interfax service, quoting the Public Affairs Centre of Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation
Quote from the FSB report: “Based on the documents provided by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, as well as in response to numerous unfriendly steps taken by London, the Russian Foreign Ministry, in cooperation with the concerned agencies, has suspended the accreditation of six employees of the political department of the UK Embassy in Moscow, whose actions showed signs of intelligence and subversion.”
Details: The propaganda channel Rossiya 24 showed a photo of the embassy staff and revealed their identities: Jessica Davenport, Grace Elvin, Andrew Daft Callum, Catherine McDonnell, Thomas John Hickson and Blake Pattel.
Background:
- On 11 September, the UK Foreign Office summoned the Chargé d’Affaires to Iran in connection with the transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia.
- Earlier, the UK imposed sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities involved in the production of drones and missiles, as well as on Russian cargo ships involved in the transportation of missiles from Iran to Russia.
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