00:01Russia has delivered a formal protest to Britain's charge d'affaires, seen here on Monday, as it
00:07expelled a British diplomat for spying. The Federal Security Service said its counter-intelligence
00:13officers had outed Albertus Herrhardus Jansa von Rendsburg for trying to get quote sensitive
00:18information during informal meetings with Russian experts in the field of economics.
00:24Moscow's FSB also warned Russians of grave problems if they have contact with British
00:29diplomats. Since the Ukraine war, Moscow has cast Britain as its biggest enemy, saying its
00:34espionage activities are at a level unseen since the Cold War. Britain supports Ukraine with money
00:40and weapons and sees Russia as its biggest immediate threat. It accuses Russian intelligence of major
00:47cyber attacks, killings and sabotage campaigns. Britain said on Monday that Russia's accusations
00:53against its diplomats were quote completely unacceptable and the foreign ministry said
00:57the UK would not tolerate intimidation of its embassy staff or their families.
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