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2 January 2019 2.00 h

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US citizen arrested for spying in Moscow

On Mon­day the Russ­ian Se­cu­rity Ser­vice (FSB) an­nounced the ar­rest of US cit­i­zen Paul Whe­lan in Moscow, al­legedly while he was spy­ing. The FSB stated that a case has been opened against Whe­lan and that in­ves­ti­ga­tions into this crime con­tinue (in Rus­sia con­vic­tion could mean a prison sen­tence of up to 20 years). In re­cent months, the FSB has com­plained about an in­crease in spy­ing ac­tiv­ity in Russ­ian ter­ri­tory. The Krem­lin had de­nounced nu­mer­ous at­tempts to in­ter­fere in last March’s elec­tions.

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