Russia's Security Service Received Evidence of UK's Coordination of Escalation of Global Situation
04:59 GMT 13.09.2024 (Updated: 07:02 GMT 13.09.2024)
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Federal Security Service said that it had received documents proving UK's coordination of the escalation of the international military-political situation, with the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate of the UK Foreign Office being the main structure coordinating subversive policies against the CIS countries.
"The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has received documentary materials confirming London's coordination of the escalation of the international military-political situation," the agency said in a statement.
The documents show that the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate has become the main unit to coordinate the implementation of subversive policies in Russia and the post-Soviet countries, the statement said. The directorate was transformed after the start of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine into a special service, the main task of which is to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, the statement read.
The accreditation of six employees of the UK Embassy in Russia has been terminated for their intelligence and subversive activities, the Russian Federal Security Service said.
British Embassy staff in Russia deprived of their accreditation due to intelligence and subversive work have been shown on the TV channel Rossiya 24
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) September 13, 2024
The channel’s broadcast also gave their names: Jessica Davenport, Callum Andrew Duff, Grace Alvin, Catherine McDonnell, Blake… pic.twitter.com/eBeJq38WOg
"Thus, the revealed facts give grounds to consider the activities of British diplomats sent to Moscow under the [Eastern Europe and Central Asia] Directorate [of the UK Foreign Office] as threatening the security of the Russian Federation," the FSB said in a statement.
British Embassy staff stripped of their accreditation attended meetings of foreign NGOs, often at the risk of their own health, a Russian FSB agent has said.
"Frankly, we are tired of enduring this circus in the form of jogging along the Third Ring Road in the rain through Moscow and forest parks, one-day visits to cities neighboring the capital to sit on a bench for a few hours in the bitter cold. Or multiple changes of public transport and taxis in order to hide from the security authorities, and attending some meeting of foreign agent NGOs engaged in lobbying for the interests of migrants," an FSB agent said on the air of a Russian TV channel.
London, he said, sends spies to Russia disguised as diplomats and uses underage children to conceal espionage activities.
"In general, any diplomatic etiquette is out of the question. Yes, this is classic British espionage, it's amusing to watch, but no longer possible. Our remarks on the need to stop this practice are not accepted by the British. That is why we have decided to expel these six," he added.
The TV channel named and showed photos of six employees of the British Embassy in Russia.
"Jessica Davenport, Callum Andrew Duff, Grace Alvin, Catherine McDonnell, Blake Patel, Thomas John Hickson Stevinet," the TV
The British Embassy has gone far beyond the limits outlined by the Vienna Conventions, and the Foreign Ministry fully shares the Russian Federal Security Service's assessment of the activities of “British diplomats” aimed at harming the Russian people, Foreign Ministry… pic.twitter.com/coa7HsRLAh
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) September 13, 2024
Based on documents provided to the FSB, and also as a response to London’s numerous unfriendly steps, the Russian Foreign Ministry, in cooperation with interested departments, terminated the accreditation of six employees of the political department of the UK Embassy in Moscow, since signs of intelligence and subversive work were discovered in their actions, the statement added.
The FSB noted that "if similar actions are detected among employees of the British diplomatic mission, the FSB will demand early termination of their missions in the Russian Federation."
