Russia’s intelligence service, the FSB, claimed that the diplomat had tried to obtain sensitive information about the economy

The second secretary of the British embassy in Moscow was ordered to leave Russia within two weeks

Russia’s intelligence service, the FSB, claimed that the diplomat had tried to obtain sensitive information about the economy

A UK Foreign Office spokesman accused Russia of an "aggressive and co-ordinated campaign of harassment against British diplomats".

The FSB cautioned Russian citizens to refrain from holding unsanctioned meetings with British diplomats, including within the premises of the British diplomatic mission

Russia's FSB said it found an "undeclared British intelligence presence" in the United Kingdom's embassy in Moscow. It expelled the diplomat.