A Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman says the British ambassador had also been summoned.

Russia said on Tuesday it was expelling a British diplomat who it accused of espionage and summoned London's ambassador to the foreign ministry in Moscow.

FSB says diplomat appeared to have carried out ‘intelligence and subversive work’

Russia said on Tuesday it was expelling a British diplomat who it accused of espionage and summoned London's ambassador to the foreign ministry in Moscow. The FSB security service said the diplomat appeared to have carried out "intelligence and subversive work, threatening the security of the Russian Federation", state news…

According to the FSB, the British diplomat was a replacement for one of six UK diplomats expelled in August, also on espionage charges

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities on Tuesday ordered a British diplomat to leave the country on allegations of spying as tensions soar over the conflict in Ukraine. Russia’s Federal Security Service, the top domestic security and counterintelligence agency, said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that the diplomat, identified as Edward Pryor Wilkes, […]

Russian authorities have ordered a British diplomat to leave the country on allegations of spying as tensions soar over the conflict in Ukraine.

Russia has expelled a British diplomat after accusing him of espionage.

It’s the latest tit-for-tat move amid mounting tensions over Ukraine.

The TASS news agency reported that Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced the summoning of the British ambassador, a customary move by host governments to lodge strong protests.

Wilkes Edward Pryor allegedy spied in Russia, it is reported, and has now been expelled by Vladimir Putin out of the nation - and must leave within just two weeks