Russia expels British diplomat over spying allegations
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) ordered a British diplomat to leave the country within two weeks over allegations of economic espionage and providing false information when entering Russia. The UK Foreign Office rejected the accusations as baseless and accused Russia of harassment and intimidation of British embassy staff. This is the latest in a series of diplomatic expulsions between Russia and the UK since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Divergence score
This event sits in the top 25% of divergence this week. 3 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
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2 bias groups
The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
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Coverage clusters in the center and international press. Here is each take as it stands.
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“Russia expels British diplomat over spying allegations”
“Russia expels a British diplomat for economic espionage - Reuters”
“Russia's FSB orders British diplomat's expulsion, UK rejects 'intimidation'”
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