{"id":30889,"date":"2026-04-01T05:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=30889"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:57:23","slug":"russia-expels-uk-diplomat-on-spying-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=30889","title":{"rendered":"Russia expels UK diplomat on spying allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.pk\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/n_670_395\/public\/2026\/03\/30\/4698181-361944053.jpg?itok=oEt6uQj9\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A person walks past the British embassy building in Moscow, Russia. (AFP)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.pk\/#facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia on Monday ordered a diplomat at the British embassy in Moscow to leave the country over allegations he was working as a spy, Russia\u2019s FSB security service reported.<br>Moscow and London have expelled multiple embassy staff over the last decade, both trading accusations of espionage.<br>Expulsions from one side have typically been followed by a tit-for-tat response from the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"343\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.png 343w, https:\/\/gsrra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The diplomat, whom the FSB named as 29-year-old embassy secretary Albertus Gerhardus Janse Van Rensburg, was expelled for engaging in \u201csubversive intelligence activities that threaten Russia\u2019s security,\u201d the FSB said.<br>\u201cA decision was made to strip Janse Van Rensburg of his accreditation, and he was ordered to leave Russia within two weeks,\u201d it added.<br>The Russian foreign ministry said it had summoned Britain\u2019s charge d\u2019affaires over the incident and warned the United Kingdom not to retaliate.<br>The British embassy made no immediate public comment.<br>Relations between London and Moscow, currently at a low point over the Ukraine war, have been strained by spying allegations for decades.<br>In 2006, former FSB officer and Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko was killed in London, poisoned by polonium in what British investigators said was a hit by the Russian secret service.<br>In 2018, the UK said Russian double agent Sergei Skripal was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in the British cathedral city of Salisbury.<br>One member of the public was killed after handling the delivery device, a discarded perfume bottle, triggering the largest Western expulsion of Russian diplomats alleged to be spies in decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.pk\/node\/2638134\/world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.arabnews.pk\/node\/2638134\/world<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A person walks past the British embassy building in Moscow, Russia. 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