Russia has expelled one British diplomat and the spouse of another, accusing them of spying, Report informs via Sky News.
The pair were accused of engaging in intelligence activity under cover of the embassy in Moscow.
They have been ordered to leave the country within two weeks, the Russian news agency Tass said, citing the country's FSB security agency.
"The Federal Security Service’s counter-intelligence operations exposed the unreported intelligence presence of the United Kingdom under the cover of the country's embassy in Moscow," an FSB statement cited by Tass reads.
Responding to this, the Foreign Office has condemned the decision as "malicious" and "baseless".
A spokesperson said: "This is not the first time that Russia has made malicious and baseless accusations against our staff.”