Diplomats in the United Kingdom have been expelled from Russia for espionage and government media reports

A British diplomat and another diplomatic wife from Russia said, as the local security service in the country said, while he was seen as another escalation of the race after the United Kingdom expelled a Russian official last month.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet commented on the allegations that the embassy employees were being offered for spying.

They were stripped of their accreditation and ordered to leave Russia within two weeks.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the representative of the British embassy was also called on the case.

Last year alone, there were seven British diplomats who were expelled from Russia on charges of Moscow accused of spying – allegations denied by the United Kingdom.

Relations between the United Kingdom and Russia deteriorated in the years that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Last month, the United Kingdom expelled a Russian diplomat– I took a measure of Moscow’s expulsion to a British diplomat in November 2024.

The Russian Foreign Ministry had said at the time that it intended to take revenge on the expulsion.

In the report on Monday, Moscow said it was expelling diplomats on the basis of espionage.

In a statement, FSB said that the two had announced “wrong information about themselves when receiving permission” to enter Russia.

BBC called the UK Foreign Ministry to comment.

The couple seems to be the first Western diplomat to be expelled from Moscow since Russia and the United States have been talking about the restoration of diplomatic relations.

Last week, Washington and Moscow held talks in Türkiye to restore employees at their embassies after years of expulsion. Friday – one day after talks in Istanbul – Russia has confirmed that it would send a new ambassador, Alexander Darchiv, to Washington.

Relations between Britain and Russia have been strained since Prime Minister Sir Kerr Starmer revealed a series of measures that support Ukraine, including increasing defense spending, and called on the two countries to join A. “Al -Raghiba Alliance” To deter Russia from more conquest Ukraine in the event of a peace agreement, and commitment to placing shoes on the ground and aircraft in the air to help maintain peace.