Leonid Parkhomenko was arrested by the FSB in Sevastopol on Tuesday.
In Occupied Crimea, FSB Arrests Retired Black Sea Fleet Captain On Charges Of Spying For Ukraine
November 24, 2016
Tag: Espionage
SBU Announces Rescue Of FSB Defector Kidnapped By Agents
November 18, 2016
Ilya Bogdanov had defected to Ukraine in 2014.
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Ukrainian Journalist Detained In Moscow On Charges Of ‘Espionage’
October 3, 2016
Roman Sushchenko, Paris correspondent for the Ukrinform news agency, is accused of spying for Ukraine.
Ukrainian Political Prisoners Freed From Russia In Exchange For Fellow Ukrainians Accused Of Separatism
June 14, 2016
Yuriy Soloshenko and Hennadiy Afanasyev are expected to arrive in Kiev shortly.
Turkey Detains Two Russians On Suspicion Of Involvement In Assassination Of Chechen Militant
April 13, 2016
Turkish police have arrested two Russians who they suspect of involvement in the assassination of Caucasus Emirate fighter and fundraiser Abdulvakhid Edelgireyev in Istanbul last year.
Ukraine Live Day 466: Russia Considers Captured Spetsnaz Men ‘Mercenaries’
May 29, 2015
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Russia This Week: Gorbachev Confirms There Was No NATO ‘Non-Expansion’ Pledge (October 13-19)
October 18, 2014
Updated Daily. This week’s issue: – Soldiers’ Mothers Activist Arrested, Had Pressed Cases of Russian Soldiers in Killed in Ukraine – Gorbachev Confirms There Was No NATO ‘Non-Expansion’ Pledge – Poland Arrests Russian Lt. Colonel and Lawyer on Suspicion of ‘Espionage’ – Two American Journalism Professors Detained in St. Petersburg at Workshop – Harassment Continues […]
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Russia This Week: Opposition Protests Vote Fraud at Civic Chamber (26-30 May)
May 30, 2014
Updated Daily. A critical review of Glenn Greenwald’s book No Place to Hide by noted Russian intelligence and cybersecurity expert Andrei Soldatov reveals how little is known about Snowden in Russia. Another NGO has lost its court case attempting to challenge the prosecutor’s designation of “foreign agent,” even as the Russian Constitutional Court ruled that […]
Western Sanctions Versus Russian Subversion
April 28, 2014
Staunton, April 26 – There is an old Soviet joke that the West sends diplomats to Moscow and Moscow treats them like spies while Moscow dispatches spies to Western capitals and Western governments treat them like diplomats, a joke that had more than a little basis in fact and that resonates now because of what […]
Interview: Edward Lucas on the Implications of Edward Snowden’s Stay in Moscow
June 25, 2013
As the saga of fugitive Edward Snowden continues, reports that he has sought refuge in Moscow have caused many to warn of consequences for US-Russian relations. The Interpreter asked Russia expert and author of Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West, Edward Lucas, for his take on the situation. The Interpreter: What is […]