US Spy Convicted in Moscow

The Moscow Military District Court sentenced retired Federal State Security Service (FSB) Colonel Valery Mikhailov to 18 years in a high-security prison for spying for the United States. According to the investigation, Mikhailov contacted CIA intelligence officers in Moscow on his own initiative while serving in the FSB and passed state secrets to them. The details of the case have not been disclosed due to the highly-classified nature of the information. Over 6 years, Mikhailov has received $2 mln from CIA agents, $1 mln of which he has spent on real estate in Sevastopol, Ukraine, and in Arlington, Virginia, US. The Moscow court ordered the seizure of the property in Sevastopol, but not in Arlington. Russian media speculates that Mikhailov may be exchanged for Viktor Bout, a Russian citizen recently convicted in the US for illegal arms dealing.

http://en.rian.ru/crime/20120606/173881437.html
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1953101