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LONDON: The Russian embassy in London on Sunday confirmed there was no longer an ambassador in post, while blaming Britain for the deterioration of bilateral relations.
The embassy released a statement after the Sunday Times reported that Moscow had “withdrawn” its envoy, Andrei Kelin, as it “attempts to force Britain to reconsider its support for Ukraine”.
Moscow had not put forward any candidates to replace Kelin “and embassy staff are understood to have no indication of when a successor might be appointed”, the newspaper reported.
“Following The Times’ article on the conclusion of Andrei Kelin’s diplomatic mission as Russian ambassador to the United Kingdom, the embassy considers it necessary to note that nothing in its comment provided to the newspaper implies that the Russian side intends to downgrade the level of diplomatic relations between our two countries,” a Russian embassy statement posted on Telegram said.
