Overview
- Russia’s Foreign Ministry revoked the employee’s accreditation and set a two‑week deadline for his departure.
- The FSB identified the diplomat as Gareth Samuel Davis and said he held the role of second secretary in the embassy’s administrative‑economic section.
- The British chargé d’affaires in Moscow, Daini Dolakia, was summoned for a protest over Davis’s alleged activities.
- Dolakia left the ministry after roughly 15 minutes without comment as a nearby demonstration criticized UK policy.
- The ministry warned it would deliver a decisive mirror response if London escalates, echoing a pattern of reciprocal expulsions since late 2024.