Russia accuses British officials of spying

RUSSIA’S intelligence service accused four British diplomats of involvement in a spy ring in which agents allegedly passed secrets through a hi-tech communications system hidden in an innocent-looking stone in a Moscow park.

The British government said it was “concerned” by the report and denied any wrongdoing.

“Four British diplomats are suspected. I am not ready to give their names yet, but this is all being investigated,” a Federal Security Service (FSB) spokesman said yesterday.