The "Two Michaels" were arrested in China in December 2018 shortly after Canada arrested Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on a US extradition request.
The man identified as David S was working at the British Embassy in Berlin and is suspected of having passed on work documents to the Russians, German federal prosecutors say.
Estonia's consul to Saint Petersburg has been detained for activities "incompatible with the status of a diplomatic worker" and "openly hostile" to Russia, the FSB security service said.
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Moscow's embassy in Italy hopes the detention of a Russian diplomat in Italy will not affect bilateral relations as Italy summons Russia's envoy following the arrest of an Italian navy captain on allegations of spying for Moscow.
Russia has declared Bulgaria’s military attache assistant “persona non-grata”. The move follows Sofia removing a Russian diplomat accused of spying on US troops.
America’s departure from another arms-control treaty deals a heavy blow to its allies, and turns back the clock on multiple cold war achievements.
Jonathan Pollard served a thirty year sentence and was released on parole in 2015. After the Trump administration ended the restrictions, the Israeli agent is free to travel to leave the US.
Turned into a spy for the UAE in 2013, the since captured al-Astal was paid $400,000 to report back to Emirati intelligence services on whether Turkey was vulnerable to another coup.
During an 11-year-long espionage career, Jordanian national Mahmoud Ayesh Al Astal posed as a journalist to obtain information about Turkish domestic and foreign politics and passed it on to handlers in the UAE.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was convicted of sedition and jailed for five years in September 2016, was due for release in March 2021.
Ankara reacts after Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said charges will be filed against a person who has allegedly confessed to spying for Turkey’s secret service.
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