Overview
- The Russian foreign ministry stripped the embassy official’s accreditation and ordered departure within two weeks.
- British charge d’affaires Danae Dholakia was summoned to receive a strong protest at the ministry in Moscow.
- Moscow cautioned it would respond in kind if the UK escalates the dispute over the expulsion.
- The UK Foreign Office rejected the accusation as malicious and baseless.
- Russia’s FSB identified the diplomat as a second secretary and state media published his image, according to Reuters.