A Russian police officer patrols outside the British embassy building in Moscow on September 13, 2024. Russia's FSB security service on September 13, 2024 announced that the accreditation of six British diplomats had been withdrawn for suspected espionage and for "threatening Russia's security". "As a measure of reprisals to the multiple unfriendly acts of London, the Russian foreign ministry ... has withdrawn the accreditation of six employees from the political department of the British embassy in Moscow," it said in a statement, accusing them of carrying out "subversive activities and intelligence" gathering. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)