India, Jan. 16 -- Russia on Thursday expelled a British diplomat suspected of spying after FSB counter-intelligence established his links with UK secret services. The Federal Security Service (FSB) stated that Gareth Samuel Davies, a secretary at the British Embassy in Moscow, is working for the UK secret services. UK's Charged'Affaires in Moscow, Danae Dholakia, was summoned to launch a formal protest and demand the suspected spy's departure from Russia within two weeks.

In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, "Moscow will not tolerate activities of undeclared agents of British special services on Russian territory." The Russian Government has a zero-tolerance policy on matters of national security, it said. Dholakia was summ...