During a public tour, Russian diplomats briefly entered the closed area of the British Parliament in December 2024.
According to the newspaper, the incident occurred during a public tour of the British Parliament, which was attended by a "small group" of diplomats from the Russian Embassy.
We suspect that they just wanted to show off to the Kremlin that they had broken into the British Parliament.
At the same time, after the incident, members of parliament and their colleagues received a written warning from the speakers of both chambers not to invite Russian diplomats to parliament.
As an officially accredited representative of the Russian government, the Russian ambassador should not be welcomed into Parliament until further notice.
This applies to all other Russian diplomats and Russian embassy staff accredited in the UK, - the letter said.
The Russian ambassador, diplomats and staff of the Russian Embassy in London have been banned from visiting the British Parliament since 2022, when Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. »
