Its foreign ministry announces the move amid worsening relations between London and Moscow.
Russia's foreign ministry has imposed tight travel restrictions on British diplomats working in the country.
The Vienna Convention - which the UK and Russia are both signed up to - is clear that governments must give accredited diplomats "freedom of movement and travel in its territory". The restrictions will also be applied to diplomats working at the British consulate in Yekaterinburg, a city around 1090km to the east of Moscow.
Another found her cat frozen to death outside her flat. She suspected it had been shut out deliberately. The UK Foreign Office has disputed the Russian foreign ministry's claim that the senior British diplomat had been "summoned", describing it as "disinformation".
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