[Britain Plans to Seize Russian Merchant Ship; Russian Foreign Ministry Summons British Chargé d'Affaires] On March 30, local time, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned British Chargé d'Affaires in Russia, Denis Dhorakia, to lodge a protest regarding the UK's plan to seize a Russian merchant ship and related espionage activities. This comes after London announced plans to seize Russian trading vessels within British territorial waters. Furthermore, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on the same day that Jans van Rensberg, Second Secretary at the British Embassy in Russia, had been accused of espionage activities involving reconnaissance and sabotage in Russia, and that his diplomatic registration in Russia had been revoked.
