Russia expels British diplomat over espionage, FSB says

Russia said on Monday that it had ordered a British diplomat to leave the country after discovering signs of espionage, Russian media quoted the Federal Security Service as saying.



The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said that the second secretary at the Moscow embassy had been ordered to leave within two weeks after FSB counter-intelligence officers revealed the "undeclared intelligence presence".



The FSB said that it had found signs that the diplomat was "carrying out intelligence and subversive activities that threaten the security of the Russian Federation," Russian media reported.



In particular, the FSB said, the diplomat had tried to obtain sensitive information about the Russian economy during informal meetings.