{"id":118962,"date":"2021-04-17T10:32:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T02:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=118962"},"modified":"2021-04-17T10:32:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T02:32:20","slug":"uk-summons-russian-ambassador-over-malign-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=118962","title":{"rendered":"UK summons Russian ambassador over \u2018malign activity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/UK-summons-Russian-ambassador-over-malign-activity.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/UK-summons-Russian-ambassador-over-malign-activity.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LONDON, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Britain said it had summoned the Russian ambassador to express what it said was the country\u2019s \u201cdeep concern at a pattern of malign activity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said that included \u201ccyber intrusions, interference in democratic processes, and the build-up of military forces near the Ukrainian border and in illegally annexed Crimea\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It came on the same day the United States announced sanctions and the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats in retaliation for what Washington says was the Kremlin\u2019s US election interference, a massive cyberattack, and other hostile activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The British government said it \u201cmade clear the UK\u2019s support for the actions announced by President Biden\u201d as Russia\u2019s top envoy in London was summoned to see FCDO Permanent Undersecretary Philip Barton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe set out the UK assessment that the Russian Intelligence Services were behind the SolarWinds compromise,\u201d an FCDO spokesperson said in a statement, referring to a hack last year that cybersecurity experts and Western nations blame on Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe informed the Ambassador that the UK will continue to work with our allies to call out and counter malign operations by the Russian Intelligence Services.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barton also stated Britain\u2019s concern at the recent build-up of Russian military forces near the Ukrainian border and in Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014, the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese activities are threatening and destabilizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRussia needs to cease its provocations and de-escalate tensions in line with its international obligations.\u201d &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, April 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Britain said it had summoned the Russian ambassador to express what it said was the country\u2019s \u201cdeep concern at a pattern of malign activity\u201d. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said that included \u201ccyber intrusions, interference in democratic processes, and the build-up of military forces near the Ukrainian border and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":118964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118962"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}