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US diplomat arrested in Russia on suspicion of spying
16:18 - 14.05.13
Russia claimed on Tuesday to have arrested a US diplomat in Moscow on
suspicion of spying,.
Citing the FSB counter intelligence service, the Daily Mail reports
that the envoy, a third secretary in the political section of the
American embassy, was arrested overnight.
The US diplomat - suspected by the Russian of being a CIA agent - was
named as Ryan Christopher Fogle.
The FSB claimed it caught Fogle red handed seeking to recruit a
Russian intelligence officer but did not say which service the target
was from or what stage the matter had reached.
He was detained with 'special technical devices, written instructions
for the person he was recruiting, a lot of cash, and things to help
change one's appearance,' according to the FSB.
`Recently, the US intelligence service has made repeated attempts to
recruit the staff of Russian law enforcement agencies and special
services, which were detected and carried out under control of the
Russian FSB counterintelligence service.'
After his arrest, he was taken to the FSB headquarters at the
Lubyanka, in Moscow, and later handed over to the US embassy in
keeping with diplomatic protocols.
Pictures were released of the US diplomat undergoing questioning
inside the offices of the FSB, formerly known in Soviet times as the
KGB.
The website of the American embassy in Russia informs that its
Political Section is engaged in `bringing to the attention of the
Russian government the US position on the issues of foreign policy and
security'.
The section's duty is also to `inform Washington about the main
provisions of the foreign and defence policy of Russia' as well as
Russian domestic political life.
There was no immediate comment from the US embassy.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
16:18 - 14.05.13
Russia claimed on Tuesday to have arrested a US diplomat in Moscow on
suspicion of spying,.
Citing the FSB counter intelligence service, the Daily Mail reports
that the envoy, a third secretary in the political section of the
American embassy, was arrested overnight.
The US diplomat - suspected by the Russian of being a CIA agent - was
named as Ryan Christopher Fogle.
The FSB claimed it caught Fogle red handed seeking to recruit a
Russian intelligence officer but did not say which service the target
was from or what stage the matter had reached.
He was detained with 'special technical devices, written instructions
for the person he was recruiting, a lot of cash, and things to help
change one's appearance,' according to the FSB.
`Recently, the US intelligence service has made repeated attempts to
recruit the staff of Russian law enforcement agencies and special
services, which were detected and carried out under control of the
Russian FSB counterintelligence service.'
After his arrest, he was taken to the FSB headquarters at the
Lubyanka, in Moscow, and later handed over to the US embassy in
keeping with diplomatic protocols.
Pictures were released of the US diplomat undergoing questioning
inside the offices of the FSB, formerly known in Soviet times as the
KGB.
The website of the American embassy in Russia informs that its
Political Section is engaged in `bringing to the attention of the
Russian government the US position on the issues of foreign policy and
security'.
The section's duty is also to `inform Washington about the main
provisions of the foreign and defence policy of Russia' as well as
Russian domestic political life.
There was no immediate comment from the US embassy.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian