Russia Restricts Actions of British Diplomats in Response to ‘Hostile Actions’

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia stated on Thursday it was imposing restrictions on British diplomats, requiring them to provide 5 days’ discover of any plans to journey past a 120-km (75-mile) radius, because of what it known as London’s “hostile actions”.

Britain’s chargé d’affaires in Russia was summoned to the international ministry in Moscow to be scolded for what Moscow stated was help for the “terrorist actions” of Ukraine and for obstruction of Russian diplomacy in Britain.

“The British facet was additionally knowledgeable of the choice to introduce a notification process for the motion of staff of British diplomatic missions on the territory of our nation as a response to London’s hostile actions,” the ministry stated.

Britain is among the loudest cheerleaders for concerted worldwide opposition to what Moscow calls its “particular navy operation” in Ukraine, and one of many main Western suppliers of weaponry to assist Ukraine defend itself.

British diplomats, except for the ambassador and three different senior diplomats, will likely be required to ship notification of any plans to journey past the 120-km (75-mile) “free motion zone” at the least 5 working days forward.

“Such a doc ought to include details about the timing, goal, sort of journey, deliberate enterprise contacts, accompanying individuals, sort of transport, locations of go to and lodging, in addition to the route of the journey,” the ministry stated.

(Reporting by Felix Gentle and Man Faulconbridge; Modifying by Kevin Liffey)

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