Friday, July 9, 2010

Russia and US Exchange "Spies"

At a Vienna airport, ten Russian secret agents captured in the U.S. were exchanged for four Russian citizens who were previously convicted in Russia, including Igor Sutyagin, a military expert sentenced in 2004 to fifteen years of imprisonment, on espionage charges. Those captured in the U.S., as well as those captured in Russia, had to formally admit guilt before they were exchanged. Those in the U.S. were convicted and deported, with a prohibition against entering the U.S. again; those on the Russian side were pardoned by President Dmitry Medvedev. The presiding U.S. judge also entered an order prohibiting the Russian spies from writing books, etc. on the story.

http://lenta.ru/news/2010/07/09/done/


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