{"id":130407,"date":"2024-11-26T21:19:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130407"},"modified":"2024-11-26T21:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T14:19:47","slug":"russia-expels-british-diplomat-over-espionage-claims-reports-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130407","title":{"rendered":"Russia expels British diplomat over espionage claims, reports say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Russia has expelled a British diplomat after accusing him of espionage, according to reports.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The TASS news agency cited Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying that the ministry had also summoned the British ambassador.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Footage shows the British ambassador&#8217;s car pulling up to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The UK Foreign Office has been approached for comment. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">State news agencies reported the country&#8217;s FSB security service accuse the diplomat &#8211; whose photo was shown on TV bulletins &#8211; of providing false information on his documents and carrying out espionage and sabotage activities. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It added that the diplomat was a replacement for <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cpw8wp0w29vo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">one of six UK diplomats expelled in August<!-- --><\/a>, also on espionage charges.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It comes amid worsening relations between the UK and Russia since the latter&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Last week it emerged the UK lifted restrictions on Ukraine using British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles on targets inside Russia for the first time. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">President Vladimir Putin cited the move, alongside the <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0mzjm7knw7o\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">launching of US-supplied longer-range missiles at Russian territory<!-- --><\/a>, as behind Russia&#8217;s decision to launch a new hypersonic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Expulsions of diplomats have become increasingly common since the war began.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Earlier this year, <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-69023928\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">British diplomat Capt Adrian Coghill was given a week to leave Russia<!-- --><\/a>, days after the Russian defence attach\u00e9 was expelled from London for alleged espionage as an &#8220;undeclared military intelligence officer&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c98dzyg8y3ro\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia has expelled a British diplomat after accusing him of espionage, according to reports. 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