Shorouk Express
LONDON — The British government revoked a Russian diplomat’s accreditation Thursday in an ongoing spying row.
In the latest tit-for-tat move, Russian Ambassador to the U.K. Andrey Kelin was summoned to meet a “senior British official,” a spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said. They said the move had come in response to the “unprovoked and baseless decision” to strip a British diplomat’s own accreditation to operate in Russia last year.
“The U.K. will not stand for intimidation of our staff in this way, and so we are taking reciprocal action,” the spokesperson added. “Any further action taken by Russia will be considered an escalation and responded to accordingly.”
