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US charges Russian 'spies' suspected of trying to recruit New Yorkers
UK Gaurdian ^ | 1-26-2015 | Reuters

Posted on 01/26/2015 12:47:50 PM PST by tcrlaf

Evgeny Buryakov, Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobny allegedly conspired to gather intelligence on behalf of Russia and to recruit Americans.

Federal prosecutors in New York have unveiled criminal charges against three men for their alleged involvement in a spying scheme for Russia’s foreign intelligence service.

According to a criminal complaint, Evgeny Buryakov, Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy conspired in the United States to gather intelligence on behalf of Russia and to recruit New York City residents to help.

The conspiracy ran from 2012 to the present, and during that time, Buryakov worked at a bank, Sporyshev was a Russian trade representative, and Podobnyy was an attaché to Russia’s mission to the United Nations, the complaint said

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: newyork; russia; russian; spies; un
Big news... I wonder why it hasn't made the US Networks, yet?
1 posted on 01/26/2015 12:47:50 PM PST by tcrlaf
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” gather intelligence on behalf of Russia and to recruit New York City residents to help. “

They picked the right city to recruit traitors in.


2 posted on 01/26/2015 12:49:16 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: tcrlaf

Cause we got Moose and Squirrel.


3 posted on 01/26/2015 12:49:27 PM PST by Usagi_yo (It's not possible to give success. Only opportunity. Success is earned on it's own right.)
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"They picked the right city to recruit traitors in."

No kidding, I am surprised the title was not that the NY'ers were trying to recruit the Russians.

4 posted on 01/26/2015 12:51:00 PM PST by doorgunner69
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LOL!


5 posted on 01/26/2015 12:51:39 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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Lol. How true.
6 posted on 01/26/2015 12:52:32 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: tcrlaf

They just have look at the deblasio voters and have all they would ever need.You cant fix stupid.


7 posted on 01/26/2015 12:54:29 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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8 posted on 01/26/2015 12:54:56 PM PST by The KG9 Kid
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Been watching too much Amerika on TV?


9 posted on 01/26/2015 12:57:13 PM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: tcrlaf

“Federal prosecutors in New York have unveiled criminal charges against three men for their alleged involvement in a spying scheme for Russia’s foreign intelligence service.”

Yet the last time we had “Russian spies”, we shipped them home as fast as possible with as little comment as possible.

Guess these “spies” had nothing to do with inserting the biggest fraud ever into the White Hut.


10 posted on 01/26/2015 1:01:19 PM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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Life imitating art? Or art imitating life?

Has anyone seen the two tv shows, now on, that portray Russian spies in America? “Americans” has been on since 2013 and now a new show, starting this year “Allegiance”.

Why is that good tv?


11 posted on 01/26/2015 1:09:42 PM PST by Lucky9teen (Justice will not be served until those who r unaffected r as outraged as those who r. B Franklin)
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They could have saved themselves the trouble by simply going to the local DemocRat headquarters.


12 posted on 01/26/2015 1:16:05 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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New York City elected a Communist as Mayor so why are they worried about a couple little spies?


13 posted on 01/26/2015 1:25:40 PM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs.98¢-89¢<1 dim)
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No doubt trying to figure out how capitalism works...

I traveled extensively in Russia 15 years ago. Communism was gone, but they had nothing to replace it with. Because of his portuguese language skills obtained as a “cultural attache,” my driver and translator had recently worked with a team of economists from BRAZIL who were in Russia to advise on how to make capitalism work!!!

I told him, “I think I see your problem...”


14 posted on 01/26/2015 2:39:16 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do)
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Well, these 3 Russians are dummies. All they had to do was give some big bucks to the political campaigns of high-placed Rats, and the intel would have been provided.


15 posted on 01/26/2015 3:14:34 PM PST by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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“US charges Russian ‘spies’ suspected of trying to recruit New Yorkers”

Sorry, NOT CREDIBLE. Now if the Russians were trying to FIGHT OFF New Yorkers wanting to spy against the United States...that would make sense.


16 posted on 01/26/2015 5:23:08 PM PST by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win.)
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Well, the Russians certainly knew where to recruit nascent traitors and communists for their spying activities. A very smart choice.
17 posted on 01/26/2015 8:45:42 PM PST by MasterGunner01
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