Russia Expels UK Defence Attache In Tit-For-Tat Move

Russia has ordered the expulsion of the United Kingdom’s defence attache in Moscow in response to a similar move by the UK authorities last week, Moscow’s foreign ministry said Thursday.

“The defence attache at the British Embassy in Moscow, A. T. Coghill, has been declared persona non grata. He must leave the territory of the Russian Federation within a week,” it said.