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News & Current Events Mar 30, 2026 at 7:37 AM

Russia kicks out British diplomat Moscow accused of spying

Posted by bendubberley_

Russia kicks out British diplomat Moscow accused of spying
Sky News
Russia kicks out British diplomat Moscow accused of spying
The FSB, Russia's security service, has accused the diplomat of attempting to gather information about the country's economy during meetings.
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bendubberley_ Mar 30, 2026 +1
> Russia has kicked out a British diplomat that Moscow has accused of spying. > The diplomat had his accreditation revoked and was told to leave the country in two weeks. > Russia's counterintelligence agency, the FSB, claimed the British diplomat "provided false information about himself". > Moscow also accused him of attempting to gather information about the Russian economy.
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_Refuge_ Mar 30, 2026 +1
The information the diplomat gathered about the Russian economy was the words "it's fucked" written on a napkin.
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plan_with_stan Mar 30, 2026 +1
"I want to ask - are you helping Iran?" ... "HE IS SPYING!!! KICK HIM OUT!"
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the_colonelclink Mar 30, 2026 +1
Time to rewatch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy I guess.
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truttatrotta Mar 30, 2026 +1
Must’ve been on a list Trump passed to his handler.
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ESCF1F2F3F4F3F2F1ESC Mar 30, 2026 +1
Reasonably surprised they didn't kick him out of a window
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Chemical-Lettuce2497 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Is this some sort of PR move by Russia? Do countries like Russia not normally execute foreign intelligence officers?
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crazyabbit Mar 30, 2026 +1
No because they in turn don't want their operatives executed. They kick one of ours out , we kick out one of theirs.
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0x476c6f776965 Mar 30, 2026 +1
There are intelligence officer with official covers = diplomats who can’t be executed. They can only kick them out of the country. However intelligence officers without an official cover like tourist, actor, businessman etc. Then yes, they will jail them to trade them for one of their own.
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Chemical-Lettuce2497 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Yeah I did a little looking into it and this is what I found, makes sense although I'm surprised Russia respects international law! I guess even for Russia, f****** with diplomats is too risky!
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kolby4078 Mar 30, 2026 +1
If you arrest diplomats then there can be no diplomacy.
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PomegranatePublic825 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Guess what. The Kwarezmids found out the hard way that you don't f*** with diplomats 800 years ago
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scrapheaper_ Mar 30, 2026 +1
It may surprise you to learn but diplomats are not actually all sent to spy and some of them might even in fact be useful in case the war ends and you need to negotiate an end to sanctions.
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outlaw1148 Mar 30, 2026 +1
Pretty much most diplomatic missions are covers for spying 
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oyavlenie Mar 30, 2026 +1
No way British diplomats can be spying
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RobSamson Mar 30, 2026 +1
when you point at me there are three fingers pointing back at you
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