Russia gives British diplomat one week to leave country

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Grant Shapps has described the expulsion of Captain Adrian Coghill as a 'desperate move'May 16, 2024 11:43 pmRussia has given a British diplomat one week to leave the country, days after the UK ordered Russia’s defence attache in London to leave, claiming he was a spy.

The Kremlin’s move follows the expulsion on 8 May of Russia’s defence attache in London, Colonel Maxim Elovik, on the grounds that he was an “undeclared military intelligence officer”. It added that this would not be the end of the matter, and “further retaliatory steps” would be announced.

 

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