In the UK, citizenship has been revoked for the first time due to links with Russia
This is reported by The Times.
Bullen, now 45, lives in Russia. When he flew from there to Britain, he was detained by police at Luton Airport and questioned on suspicion of involvement in hostile activities on behalf of a foreign state.
He himself reported that during the four-hour interrogation, he was questioned about the poisoning of former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with the nerve agent ‘Novichok’ in Salisbury in 2018.
It has also emerged that whilst serving in the British police, Bullen met with influential Russian officers and took part in a month-long exchange in St Petersburg.
His social media posts are rife with pro-Kremlin views and anti-Ukrainian propaganda.
In 2022, Bullen realised his “lifelong dream” — he obtained a Russian passport.
At the same time, he currently denies any wrongdoing.
Bullen posted a letter from the UK Home Office on social media, informing him of the revocation of his citizenship.
“You are being deprived of British citizenship on the grounds that it is in the public interest,” the letter states.
It also states that the evidence on which the decision is based “must not be disclosed in the interests of national security”.
The revocation of British citizenship is a power that the government exercises extremely rarely.
It is most commonly applied to terrorism suspects or gangsters involved in the most serious crimes.
