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  • Igor Sutyagin is not a spy. He is a KGB political prisoner.

    07/08/2010 10:20:46 AM PDT · by Big Bureaucracy · 12 replies
    Big Bureaucracy ^ | July 8th, 2010 | Ellie Velinska
    It is no wonder Russia is hurrying to complete the spy-swap the Obama administration is offering. This is no swap. US will be handing over spies and Putin will be sending here his political prisoners. Igor Sutyagin is no spy. In 1999 he was a researcher for the USA Canada Institute. The Russian Federal Security Service (the former KGB) has claimed that Mr. Sutyagin violated a secret Ministry of Defense decree on secrecy. He was preparing a research for a private firm on the Russian economy. According to Human Rights Watch 2004 report: A worrying change since Putin’s reelection is...
  • 'Spymania' Returns To Russia

    04/14/2004 10:33:35 AM PDT · by Tailgunner Joe · 5 replies · 73+ views
    Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty ^ | 13 April 2004 | Victor Yasmann
    The recent conviction of researcher Igor Sutyagin on espionage charges is only the latest in a spate of similar cases in Putin's Russia involving researchers, journalists, diplomats, and former security agents accused of having improper contacts with foreigners. An unidentified spokesman for a Russian secret service told Interfax on 9 April that Western intelligence agencies -- particularly those of the United States -- have stepped up their work against Russia. "Among all the special services involved in intelligence activity against Russia over the last five years, the most active has been U.S. intelligence," the source said. The statement was made...