Harassment Is a Daily Reality for Foreign Diplomats in Moscow

Harassment Is a Daily Reality for Foreign Diplomats in Moscow

There were unpleasant scenes outside the Russian Foreign Ministry as the British charge d’affaires, Danae Dholakia, left the building on January 15. Having been informed that yet another British diplomat was to be expelled from the British Embassy in Moscow, she was confronted by a crowd shouting that “Britain is a terrorist state” while holding placards reading “Britain kills children” and “London spreads death.” After further haranguing and jo…