Vladimir Putin expels two Brit diplomats accusing them of ‘spying’ just days after Russian agents exposed in UK

VLADIMIR Putin has expelled two British diplomats after reportedly accusing them of being spies. 

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced a pair of workers connected to Britain’s embassy in Moscow have been ordered to leave the country, Russian state news agency TASS reported.

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Vladimir Putin has expelled two British diplomats in Moscow after Russia accused them of being spies[/caption]

They were accused of “intelligence and subversive activities that threaten Russia’s security”, according to state news outlets

The FSB said they “intentionally provided false information when receiving permission to enter our country, thereby violating Russian law”.

The security service  also “identified signs of intelligence and subversive work by the said diplomats that threatens the security of the Russian Federation”, reported Interfax.

“Both will be stripped of their accreditation and must leave Russia within two weeks,” said the Russian defence ministry’s news outlet, Zvezda. 

Both people were told they had to leave within two weeks. 

Breaking conventions, the Russian state media today named one and the partner of the other. 

Ambassador Nigel Casey has seen his staff reduced amid expulsions at a time when Russia is portraying the UK for being at the forefront of seeking to keep the war going in Ukraine. 

In September 2024, the accreditation of six diplomats was terminated, and in November, a second secretary of the British embassy’s department was ordered to leave Russia.