Russian media said the 10 were arrested by U.S. spy suspects all pleaded guilty
BEIJING, July 8 Xinhua Moscow, Russian media reported on the 8th, has been arrested 10 United States, "the Russian spy case" suspects all pleaded guilty.
Itar-Tass reported that the 10 "Russian spy" suspects admitted in federal court in New York that day, they played in the United States engaged in espionage activities in the Russian government. According to the agreement previously reached between prosecution and the defense, this means that will automatically revoke the defendant's criminal charges, for its removal from the United States back to Russia to open a passageway.
U.S. federal prosecutors said in the indictment, the 11 suspects were "conspiring to act as Russia's secret agents in the United States", of which 9 were also suspected of "conspiracy to money laundering." U.S. judge had ordered the two suspects imprisoned in Boston and three in Washington suspects transferred to New York, with the other five "spy case" suspect "focus."
8, Russian media reported that Russian spies accused of acting as U.S. scholars Yigeersu good money has arrived in Vienna the same day, and where the United States and has recently been arrested for suspected Russian spy exchange. In addition to Sutyagin, the result of espionage while serving as the Western and Russian General Staff Intelligence Office (Gelu Wu) Colonel 斯克里帕利 former Russian intelligence officer Zaporozhye days before the other Gaussian and Sepaqiefu 10 officers were also included in this "exchange" list. But the Russian Foreign Ministry refused to comment on the relevant events.
U.S. Department of Justice on June 28 announced that the United States after many years of investigation, arrested 10 suspects, Russian spies, and another one missing after release on bail in Cyprus, whose whereabouts are still unknown. These officers were charged for the Russian intelligence agencies in the United States engaged in illegal intelligence activities and money laundering, and trying to "infiltrate" the U.S. government decision-making circles. Before the media broke the news said that Russia and the United States is a secret consultation between the two countries through the exchange of solution to the "spy" controversy.
