Norway expelling 15 Russian diplomats suspected of intelligence work

Norway’s foreign minister Anniken Huitfeldt at the foreign ministry in Oslo on Thursday (Javad Parsa/NTB Scanpix/AP)

Norway is expelling 15 Russian diplomats from the country because they were suspected of gathering intelligence while working at the Russian embassy in Oslo, the government has said.

Foreign minister Anniken Huitfeldt said the move was “an important measure to counter and reduce the scope of Russian intelligence activities in Norway, and thereby secure our national interests”.