Russia cancels accreditation of six British diplomats over ‘signs of espionage’

The Russian Foreign Ministry has cancelled the accreditation of six British diplomats, whose work it says has revealed “signs of espionage and sabotage activities,” according to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) (its intelligence agents).

The decision was made based on the documentation provided by the security services and “in response to London’s numerous unfriendly actions,” This is stated in the FSB statement, cited by the official Russian agency TASS.

“London sends us intelligence officers as diplomatic spouses and small children are used to cover up espionage activities,” an FSB officer told the channel on condition of anonymity. Rossia-24 from Russian state television.

The same agent specified that the diplomats whose accreditation has been withdrawn are three men and three women.Classic British spy thriller, fun to watch, but it was too much.the Russian intelligence officer told the aforementioned television channel in statements collected by Efe.

According to Rossia-24The six privately accredited diplomats work in the political department of the British embassy.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharovasaid the UK’s diplomatic mission in Moscow had gone “far beyond the limits set by the Vienna Conventions”.

“But the most important thing is that we are not only talking about the formal side of the problem and the failure to comply with the declared activities, but also about actions that seek to cause harm to our people,” he stressed.