Baghdad: The Russian Federal Security Service has revealed two spies working under the cover of the British Embassy in Moscow.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the Russian Federal Security Service announced that Aleksh Odedra, the Second Secretary at the embassy, and Michael Skinner, the husband of the First Secretary in the Political Department of the diplomatic mission, were involved in “intelligence and subversive activities that threaten Russia’s security.”

As a consequence of these activities, a decision was made to withdraw their accreditation. Both individuals have been ordered to leave Russia within two weeks.