FSB arrest former US embassy worker in Russia and accuse him of spying

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Russia’s intelligence agency has detained a former long-time local staffer of the U.S. consulate and is pressing spying charges against him in a rare direct attack against diplomatic missions.

Robert Shonov, who worked at the U.S. consulate in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East for 25 years, was arrested in March but the FSB did not release the details of the case against him until now.

The FSB in a statement on Monday said it “thwarted illegal activities of an informant of the U.S. embassy in Moscow” and charged him with “confidential cooperation” with a foreign state, a crime less grave than spying, punishable by up to eight years in prison.

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Congrats on your promotion to scapegoat.

psikogeek
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How old is this footage? There's snow on the ground

rudolfszekernyes
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Americans and their local employees can do no wrong in Russia.

thinkingaloud
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I suspect he was watching Putin himself with a knife to his granddaughter's throat during the video.

mikesimone
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Is never late to blow your cover he should have gone back home.

ivantchakalski
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I love the way the FSB is referred to as an intelligence agency, when they are nothing but a bunch of goons.

DavidGetling
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Why does everywhere in Russia look the same? What a dump the nicest thing on that block were the cars

notaspy
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Eh, not a black lesbian, he'll be there a while.

RavenR
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First the minute right? I can have friends who ever the f**** wanna talk to ... Let's go swimming

WaltSalll
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"This guys why the invasions on day 600~" - Putin

xtxschmidt
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Anyone can turn spy at any time, no matter he is born amd brought up in Russia.
If he is wrong, he has to be behind bars.

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