The Daily Populous Friday January 17th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by unn.ua and submitted by Silly-avocatoe

During a public tour, Russian diplomats briefly entered the closed area of the British Parliament in December 2024. This was reported by the Guardian, according to UNN.

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.

At some point, the Russians broke away from the tour and entered the restricted area of the House of Lords. The security guards found them there and kicked them out.

We suspect that they just wanted to show off to the Kremlin that they had broken into the British Parliament. The situation is not ideal, but they were caught before any damage was done, - a source in the British Parliament told The Guardian.

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.

Last year, the United Kingdom expelled the Russian defense attaché, revoked the diplomatic status of some Russian facilities, and restricted Russian diplomatic visas in response to Moscow's "malicious activities" and illegal war in Ukraine.

National_Actuary_666 on January 17th, 2025 at 05:59 UTC »

Why the fuck are they even here ???

phormix on January 17th, 2025 at 05:36 UTC »

Why the fuck would you even be touring around Russian diplomats at this point in time?

Gjrts on January 17th, 2025 at 05:23 UTC »

They did the same in the Norwegian Parliament. Turned out they were accessing the copying machines. Go look for malware or USB memory sticks.