Russia expels British diplomat over spying allegations

Yeah, honestly, headlines like “diplomat accused of spying” are often likelier to be true accusations than “random student/worker/private civilian accused of deep undercover spying.” It’s a known fact that having diplomats in your country means you have spies in your country, diplomatic cover is used because of the diplomatic immunity that comes along with it, so it tends to end relatively uneventfully with the diplomat-spy being told to leave the country (as opposed to a much messier situation involving detention, the country having to decide whether or not to acknowledge their connection, possible pressure to engage in a prisoner exchange, the possibility that that person’s detention has led to the discovery of information about other operatives or operations which are now potentially compromised, etc.).