Mark Bullen’s British nationality has been revoked over security reasons, the Daily Mail has reported
A former British police officer residing in Russia for over a decade has had his UK citizenship revoked, as he has been identified as a security threat, according to the Daily Mail.
Mark Bullen, who served with Hertfordshire Police for eleven years, was informed by the Home Office in a letter last October that his UK nationality was being rescinded on “national security” grounds, the publication stated in an article earlier this week.
Bullen described the decision by the British authorities as leaving him “completely shocked.”
“I absolutely deny I am any threat to the UK. I find that comical… I am certain it is an overreaction. I have no idea why they targeted me,” said the 45-year-old, who relocated to Russia permanently in 2014 and currently works in social media for the Zenit St Petersburg football club.
The former policeman expressed his difficulty in “hard to believe that a country like England, which is supposed to be about freedom and liberty, would behave in this way.”
Bullen was previously detained at Luton Airport in November 2024 when he arrived in Britain to visit his relatives.
“I was questioned for four hours under the Terrorism Act,” he recounted.
The former officer stated that his DNA and fingerprints were collected before he was released without any charges.
He obtained Russian citizenship in 2022 and indicated that he has no current intentions of returning to the UK.
“Initially, I was worried but once the dust settled, I felt OK… I live in Russia, my family is here, I have four children, we have quite a good lifestyle,” he explained.
In September 2025, veteran British politician George Galloway reported being detained with his wife and interrogated for several hours at a London airport upon their return from Russia. RT’s Lebanon bureau chief, Steve Sweeney, also underwent similar questioning under the Terrorism Act after arriving in the British capital last July.