Russia-UK Spy Crisis: Ambassador Expelled

- UK expels Russian Ambassador Andrei Kelin in response to diplomatic tensions, Russia retaliates by expelling a British diplomat.

UK Expels Russian Ambassador in Spy Crisis

UK Foreign Office announces the expulsion of Russian Ambassador Andrei Kelin in response to escalating tensions with Russia.

Russian news agency TASS reports that Kelin was called in to meet with a senior British official and had his credentials revoked.

The UK Foreign Office spokesperson stated that this action was in retaliation for Russia's unjustified expulsion of a British diplomat in Moscow last November.

The spokesperson warned that any further steps by Russia would be met with an appropriate response, emphasizing that the UK will not tolerate intimidation of its personnel.

Russia's Federal Security Service previously expelled British diplomat Wilkes Pryor, who was appointed to replace intelligence officers deported from the UK Embassy in August.

FSB cited Pryor's deliberate provision of false information upon entry to Russia as the reason for his expulsion.