Russian ambassador summoned by the Foreign Office in tit-for-tat move
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Vladimir Putin's ambassador to the UK has been summoned by the Foreign Office in a tit-for-tat move.
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Russian diplomat Andrey Kelin's accredition has since been revoked.Last month, Moscow conducted similar action with Britain's ambassador to Russia when the Kremlin expelled a British diplomat.A Government spokesman said: "We strongly condemn Russia's unjustified decision last month to expel another British diplomat and the malicious public smear campaign that followed.
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This behaviour is wholly unacceptable, and we will not tolerate harassment or intimidation of our diplomatic staff."We have therefore summoned the Russian ambassador to announce we are taking reciprocal action, revoking the accreditation of a Russian diplomat."Russia's repeated unprovoked and unjustified actions are designed to disrupt our diplomatic work and form part of a wider campaign of aggressive behaviour towards the UK."Any further action by Russia will be treated as an escalation and met with a firm and...
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