Russia Expels Two British Diplomats on Charges of Espionage

Russia on Monday declared that the Second Secretary of the British Embassy in Moscow and the spouse of another British diplomat have been stripped of accreditation for providing false information about themselves and based on evidence of their intelligence and covert activities.

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"The FSB during counterintelligence work revealed the undeclared intelligence of the United Kingdom under the cover of the British Embassy in Moscow. It is firmly established that the Second Secretary of the Embassy Alkesh Odedra, and Michael Skinner, the husband of the First Secretary of the political department of the Embassy, Tabasam Rashid, when obtaining permission to enter our country, deliberately indicated false data, thus violating the Russian laws. At the same time, the FSB of Russia revealed signs of conducting reconnaissance and subversive work by these diplomats, threatening the security of the Russian Federation," read a statement issued by Russia's Federal Security Service.