Embassy employees have been accused of recruiting a secret informant in Russia
The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced the expulsion of two American diplomats, who were previously accused of recruiting a Russian national as a confidential informant.
US Ambassador Lynne Tracy was summoned on Thursday to be issued with a ‘demarche‘ note, a form of diplomatic protest, regarding David Bernstein and Jeffery Sillin, the Russian diplomatic department has announced.
Moscow declared the activities of the embassy employees incompatible with their status. They have seven days to leave the country, it said.
In late August, the Russian security service FSB identified the two Americans as persons of interest in an investigation. They are suspected of recruiting Russian citizen Robert Shonov as a confidential informant.
