Russia has revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats on suspicion of espionage.
The UK Foreign Office denounces claims of espionage and sabotage as “completely baseless” as tensions over the conflict in Ukraine rise.
The diplomats engaged in “subversive activities and intelligence” gathering, according to a Friday announcement from Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), which also claimed to have “documentary” evidence of the UK’s “coordination of an escalation in the international political and military situation” in Ukraine.According to the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, this was a retaliatory move by the West following “Russian state-directed activity across Europe and in the UK.” The statement was made on Friday.
The six ambassadors have departed from Russia and have been replaced.
“Completely baseless” was how the British government described
