# FSB detains SBU agent in Moscow for gathering information on UK diplomats

https://mins.news/en/item/52457

- TASS, 2026-09-10 05:55 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/society/2185221

> Russia’s Federal Security Service says it detained a Russian citizen who had worked as a security guard at the UK embassy in Moscow and was allegedly acting as an SBU agent. The FSB says he gathered photographs, addresses, vehicles, meetings, trips and security details concerning British diplomats on instructions from Ukrainian blogger Dmitry Karpenko, and faces a high-treason case.

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