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The diplomats' activities threatened Russia's security and were aimed at ensuring Moscow's defeat in its war against Ukraine, according to domestic media.
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00:00Russia has expelled six British diplomats after accusing them of espionage on Friday.
00:07The decision was made to remove their accreditation after Russia's Federal Security Service said
00:11it received documents indicating intelligence gathering and subversive activities.
00:17The move came as U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Washington for talks with
00:21President Joe Biden that include Ukraine's request to use Western-supplied weapons against
00:26targets inside Russia.
00:28Starmer said on his way to the U.S. that Britain does not seek any conflict with Russia.

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