US EditionRussian diplomats breach UK parliament security, accessed private offices on Christmas: Guardian
- A small group of Russian diplomats breached security at the UK Parliament by entering a restricted area during a public tour before Christmas.
- Officials are alarmed and have reminded parliamentarians of their security responsibilities regarding high-ranking Russians.
- The Russian Ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, will not be welcomed into Parliament until further notice.
- A parliamentary source suggested that the diplomats likely wanted to brag to the Kremlin about infiltrating the British Parliament.
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Russian diplomats broke from U.K. Parliament tour and wandered ‘out of bounds’ in ‘major security breach’
A small group of Russian diplomats broke off from a public tour of the Houses of Parliament in London last month and entered a part of the House of Lords that was “out of bounds,” The Guardian reported on Thursday, calling the incident “a major security breach.” The newspaper said it’s unclear how the diplomats ended up in the building, given that the Russian ambassador, diplomats, and officials based at the embassy in London have been banned fr…
Since the start of the war, Russian diplomats have been banned from entering parliament, so please do not bring the ambassador or any other diplomats from your country into the building, they wrote to British MPs. The lawmakers were then reminded that several Russian diplomats had entered a restricted area of the building during a guided tour before Christmas. They were eventually found and thrown out by security. “We suspect they were just tryi…
Banned Russian diplomats sneak into restricted areas of Parliament in major security breach
Russian diplomats gained access to restricted areas of the Houses of Parliament in a "major" security breach last month, it has emerged.Just before Christmas, a small group of dignitaries on a public tour of the Palace of Westminster snuck off to an out-of-bounds area, before being discovered and turfed out by security personnel, The Guardian reports.A source told the newspaper: "We suspect they were just wanting to crow to the Kremlin that they…
The incident took place just before Christmas.
Russian diplomats breach UK parliament security, accessed private offices on Christmas: Report
As per the report, the small group of Russian diplomats were part of the public tour of the Houses of Parliament. During the tour, they eventually separated from the general public and entered a part of the House of Lords which was out of bounds for the general public
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