Overview
- Russia’s FSB identified the expelled official as Gareth Samuel Davies, a 45-year-old second secretary at the British Embassy in Moscow.
- The Foreign Ministry revoked his accreditation under the Vienna Convention and ordered him to leave within two weeks.
- Britain’s charge d’affaires, Danae Dholakia, was summoned for a formal protest, with Russian state media reporting she was booed as she left.
- The UK had not issued an immediate public comment on the accusation at the time of reporting.
- The move extends a pattern of reciprocal expulsions and espionage claims between Russia and the UK since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.