Russian ambassador says UK response to spy poisoning is 'unacceptable and we consider this a provocation'

Russian ambassador says UK response to spy poisoning is 'unacceptable and we consider this a provocation': The crisis in relations with Moscow is escalating rapidly after Theresa May announced the expulsion of 23 suspected Russian spies from Britain in response to the Salisbury nerve agent attack. The government is braced for rapid reprisals as the Kremlin denounced the move as an “unprecedentedly crude provocation”.