Russian diplomats expelled from Britain

All high-level contacts between Britain and Russia to be suspended

The Russian Embassy in London, England. Pic: Getty

International relations between Britain and Russia are at their lowest ebb in decades as British prime minister Theresa May expels 23 Russian diplomats in response to the nerve-agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal, and his daughter last week.

Skripal and his daughter Yulia, as well as a Salisbury police officer, one of the first responders at the scene, remain in critical condition in hospital.

Relations between the two countries have deteriorated since ...