“Diplomats of the Russian Federation briefly entered the closed zone of the British Parliament in December 2024 during a public excursion. Source: “European Truth” with reference to The Guardian Details: According to The Guardian, the incident occurred during a public tour of the British Parliament, which was attended by a “small group” of diplomats from the Russian Embassy.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Diplomats of the Russian Federation briefly entered the closed zone of the British Parliament in December 2024 during a public excursion.
Source: “European truth” with reference to The Guardian
Details: According to The Guardian, the incident occurred during a public tour of the British Parliament, which was attended by a “small group” of diplomats from the Russian Embassy.
At a certain point, the Russians broke away from the tour and entered the restricted-access House of Lords premises. There the security found them and kicked them out.
“We suspect that they just wanted to show off to the Kremlin that they infiltrated the British Parliament. The situation is not ideal, but they were caught before any damage was done,” a source in the British Parliament told The Guardian.
At the same time, after the incident, members of parliament and their colleagues received a written warning from the speakers of both chambers not to invite Russian diplomats to parliament.
“As an officially accredited representative of the Russian government, the Russian ambassador should not be welcomed to Parliament until further notice. This applies to all other Russian diplomats and employees of the Russian embassy accredited in Great Britain,” the letter read.
The Russian ambassador, diplomats and employees of the Russian Embassy in London have been banned from visiting the British Parliament since 2022, when Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In 2023, Britain introduced additional restrictions on the movement of Russian diplomats in response to similar actions by Moscow.
It will be recalled that earlier the British government warned that Russia is ready to launch a “wave of cyberattacks” against the country and could “turn off the lights for millions of people.”