Britain expelled Russian diplomat Andrej Kelin and his wife in response to the accusations of Moscow of spying of British diplomats.
The British government announced on Wednesday that it had expelled Russian diplomat Andrej Kelin and his wife. It is a reaction to the expulsion of two employees of the British Embassy in Moscow earlier this week for alleged espionage. TASR reports this based on AP and AFP reports.
“The High Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who today summoned the Russian ambassador (Kelina), made it clear that the United Kingdom would not tolerate the intimidation of employees of British embassies and their families. As a result, we take immediate reciprocal measures and cancel the accreditation of the Russian diplomat and diplomatic wife, “said the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an official statement.
The United Kingdom has accused Moscow of “an increasingly aggressive and more coordinated campaign of harassment of British diplomats (A) to declare malicious and completely unsubstantiated allegations of their work”.
Moscow accusations
Russia on Monday without providing evidence accused two British diplomats of espionage and activities threatening security and gave them two weeks to leave the country. Britain rejects the accusations and described them as “completely false (A) constructed to justify the growing persecution of British diplomats”.
Any next steps “will (the United Kingdom) consider escalation and will respond adequately”, the British government warned. She also accused Moscow of trying to completely close her embassy in the Russian capital.
According to AP London, he immediately stated any time frame of leaving Kelin and his wife from the country.
