British Diplomat Ordered Out Of Russia In Tit-For-Tat Expulsion -- the Guardian
Ejection from London embassy was groundless says Moscow but Foreign Office insists there is 'clear evidence' of spying.
Russia hit back at Britain today for expelling a diplomat from its London embassy for spying, saying Moscow had been forced to respond in kind for the ''groundless'' move.
The mutual diplomatic expulsions between Russia and Britain are the first since 2007, when Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko was killed in London with a rare radioactive isotope.
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