A group of Russian diplomats has entered the House of Lords of the British Parliament, the Guardian newspaper reported. They went on a public tour but left without anyone noticing. The diplomats, who have been banned from entering the building since 2022, were detained “before they could do any damage.”
Russian diplomats took a public tour of the British Houses of Parliament. At one point, they separated from the rest of the crowd and entered a restricted room in the House of Lords unnoticed – the Guardian notes that the incident took place just before Christmas. It was reported that there was.
Moments later, the diplomats were stopped by security and asked to leave the building. “They were caught before they could do any damage,” said the newspaper’s source.
London. Russian diplomats in parliament
After the incident, the heads of both chambers of Congress issued a written warning to parliamentarians and parliamentarians not to invite anyone connected to Russian diplomacy to their buildings.
“With a number of new members recently joining the House of Commons, I would like to take this opportunity to remind colleagues of the current arrangements in place since the Russian invasion of Ukraine,” said House Speaker Lindsay Hoyle. wrote. The Guardian newspaper quoted him in a letter sent to MPs.
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It is unclear whether the group was lured into the building by one of the politicians.
Lindsay Hoyle and Lord McFaul of Alcruise privately reminded MPs on Thursday to be wary of Russian efforts to breach parliamentary security, the British daily reported. .
Russian ambassadors, diplomats and officials from embassies in London will be banned from visiting parliament from 2022.
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