British embassy employee accused of assaulting journalist at Russian airport Russian authorities are accusing the embassy of ignoring a police request for information.
Russian police have launched a criminal probe after a person — thought to be an employee of the British embassy — allegedly assaulted a freelance journalist, the Russian interior ministry says.
"While the journalist was performing her professional duties, an unknown man, presumably an employee of the British Embassy in the Russian Federation, who was meeting the delegation, pushed her, causing the girl to lose her balance," the ministry said.
The announcement came a day after Britain announced it was expelling a Russian diplomat in retaliation for Moscow throwing out a British diplomat last November.
The British embassy had ignored a police request to identify the alleged offender and provide information about his diplomatic status, it said.
