The Russian Foreign Ministry has revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats, in whom it claims to have detected “indications of espionage and sabotage activities”, according to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) (its intelligence agents).
The decision has been made based on documentation provided by the security services and “in response to the numerous hostile actions of London”, This is stated in the FSB press release cited by the official Russian agency. TASS.
“London is sending us intelligence officers because diplomatic spouses and young children are used to cover up espionage activities,” an FSB officer told the channel on condition of anonymity. Rossia-24 on Russian state television.
The same official specified that the diplomats whose accreditation was withdrawn are three men and three women.Classic British espionage, fun to watch, but it was too much.”the Russian intelligence officer told the aforementioned TV channel in statements collected by Efe.
According to Rossia-24The six diplomats deprived of accreditation work in the political department of the British embassy.
The spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharovasaid the UK’s diplomatic mission in Moscow had gone “well beyond the limits set by the Vienna Conventions”.
“But the most important thing is that we are not talking only about the formal side of the problem and non-compliance with declared activities, but about actions that seek to harm our people,” he stressed.
