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Britain is to kick out a Russian spy and close several buildings used by the Putin regime in a clampdown on its action in the UK, the Home Secretary said today.
James Cleverly told MPs that an ‘undeclared’ Russian military intelligence officer had been posing as Moscow‘s defence attaché and had been told to leave the country.
He also unveiled new clampdowns including a cap on the amount of time Russian diplomats can spend in the UK.
The tougher measures were the latest step in response to a ‘pattern of alleged Russian malign activity across the UK and Europe’ in a bid to ‘target and dismantle Russian intelligence-gathering operations’, the Home Office said.
It comes after five people were charged over conspiring to commit espionage activities in the UK on behalf of Russia under the National Security Act, the first prosecutions of this kind under the new laws.
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