Reuters —Russia’s FSB security service said on Friday it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow whose actions it said showed signs of spying and sabotage work.
Britain’s embassy in Moscow did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
“Thus, the facts revealed give grounds to consider the activities of British diplomats sent to Moscow by the directorate as threatening the security of the Russian Federation,” the FSB said in a statement.
The six diplomats were named on Russian state TV, which also showed photographs of them.
The FSB said Russia would ask other British diplomats to go home early if they were found to be engaged in similar activity.
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