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recently created a hubbub of Russia and the United States spying controversy, has finally ended.

9 day, in Vienna, Austria, Russia, with four detained U.S. spy, and the United States exchanged 10 face charges of Russian spies. This is Russia and the United States since the two sides since the Cold War's biggest espionage operations ever change.

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"4-for-10" location Vienna

According to the Associated Press reported that the local time at 9:30 on the 9th (Beijing later than 6 hours), a LaGuardia Airport from the United States off the U.S. aircraft landing at Vienna Schwechat airport.

10 个 by the United States expelled the "Russian spy" in the plane believed. CNN quoted a U.S. law enforcement agencies as saying the U.S. government chartered send them to Vienna, transferred to Russia.

charter docked next to the United States, is a Russian Jacques -42 aircraft.

that time, told reporters waiting at the airport, only a distance, as allowed near the scene, while the two aircraft it was very close by, so do not see the door close to the situation.

the 8th U.S. prosecutors announced that it will promptly arrested 10 suspected Russian spy deported, because Russia has agreed to use the seized four U.S. spy exchange.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the 8th, the release of four American spies and their families. Which, as the United States accused of spying for Russian nuclear technology experts Sutyagin has been first released on the 8th flew to Vienna from Russia, and then will travel to the United Kingdom.

This is the United States and Russia since the Cold War between the two countries since the exchange of the largest espionage action. Analysis that the two sides adopted a rather flexible "way the Cold War": in a third country for espionage.

According to RIA Novosti news, 9 night, 10 had arrived in Moscow the Russian spy.

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Russian spies all pleaded guilty

the U.S. Justice Department said, 10 "Russian spy" before leaving the United States, have all pleaded guilty.

8 pm, in the Southern District New York federal court appearance, the 10 suspects pleaded his spy identity. Among them, Anna Chapman, Vicky peles and Mikhail Smenko use your real name, 3 couples in court on the use of a pseudonym public their real name.

10 people only peles not Russian. She was born in Peru, with Peru and the United States, dual citizenship, in New York's public identity is a leading Spanish newspaper columnist and editor.

court then announced that they were deported, and never again set foot on American soil. But the court did not announce the details of what the 10 spies, intelligence activities.

U.S. Attorney Holder said that 10 people are on the 26 was destroyed in the Russian intelligence services spy group, 11 were at large, has been arrested in Cyprus, but fled after bail.

In addition, according to the U.S. "Newsweek" 8 reported that most of the children expressed the Russian spy, "reunite with their parents willing to leave the United States" will. Some children in Russia and the United States before the release of spy swap agreement, has left the United States, returned to Russia by their families.

Russian presidential pardon U.S. spy

as a condition for a spy, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed an amnesty, the release of four detained American spies and their families.

which 4 are Yigeersu good money, Alexander Zaporozhye Rizhski, 谢尔盖斯克里 Parr and Gennady Vasilenko.

Sutyagin the Russian nuclear weapons expert, he had headquarters in Moscow think tank - the Institute of the United States and Canada. In 2004, Sutyagin was charged to a British company to provide information on Russian nuclear submarines and missile was arrested. According to Russia, said the British company in the United States Central Intelligence Agency in Europe "vest." In 2004, Sutyagin was sentenced to 15 years in prison. However, Sutyagin has insisted that he "not guilty", the collected data are obtained through public channels.

Zaporozhye Rizhski was the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Colonel, was convicted of espionage in 2003 as the United States was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Zaporozhye Rizhski retired in 1997, lived in the U.S.. In 2001, the Russian intelligence services to lure him back to Russia to arrest. Russian court finds Zaporozhye Rizhski later leaked the Russian secret agent's identity in the United States, as well as some work for the Russian intelligence information on U.S. personnel. Reported that, because of Zaporozhye Rizhski reports that led to two intelligence departments in the United States heavyweight double agent 罗伯特汉森 and 奥尔德里奇埃 Williams was arrested.

斯克里帕尔, a former Russian military intelligence colonel, in 2006, he disclosed state secrets by the British jailed for 13 years. At the same time, he was also charged with leaking dozens of "sleeper" agents in European countries as Russia.

Vasilenko, a former KGB officer, his post-retirement employment in a Russian TV station safety commissioner. In 1998, Vasilenko suspected of spying for the United States were arrested, but quietly released after 6 months. In 2005, Vasilenko was arrested again the next year was sentenced to three years because of illegal possession of weapons and oppose the government.

quarter Makova Russian presidential spokesman said on the 9th, four released U.S. spy has admitted committing crimes in Russia, and requested the President to forgive.

signed a confession at gunpoint?

Sutyagin released, many international human rights organizations have clapped his hands in welcome, but Sutyagin family is not happy.

family to the Russian media said Sutyagin in the forced resignation of the case, before signing the confession. He is not a U.S. spy, he loves Russia, refused to leave Russia.

have heard of human rights organizations, said after leaving if so Sutyagin Russia's decision "really contrary to his wishes," it constitutes a "forced exile." This practice not only violates international law, and "denied him the chance to prove his innocence."

Russia somewhat thankless

the Russian government to 10 "spies" get back, spent a lot of effort, but some of them do not seem to appreciate.

According to British media said the 56-year-old peles put forward in court, do not want to go to Russia.

to make her nod, the Russian government promised to provide her with life-long residence, and 2000 U.S. dollars per month living allowance, is also free to provide for her children's visas and air tickets to Russia, while ensuring that they can go through Russia any country.

peles's lawyer, said Moreno 8, peles has decided to stay in Russia only a week, then fly to Peru.

recent flurry of beautiful spy Anna Chapman also said through his lawyer, and she like to return to Britain, not Russia. As Chapman has been married to an Englishman, lived in London for many years, had the United Kingdom as "their home."

However, a recent survey found that British intelligence agencies, after the divorce had given Chapman's first love in high school boyfriend, e-mail, saying "he is only in order to obtain a British passport and her ex-husband married."

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spy case why the Russian president's visit followed?

last month on the 28th, the United States off by disclosing this "Russian spy case." A time when the end of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's trip to the United States a few days, both Bush and Putin recently expressed "relationship resume", then "Why choose this critical juncture," "appears to be less to Russia, the United States face", have been talk to the outside world. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was also exclaimed, "a delicate time."

on these questions, the United States has not made it clear.

8th of this month, senior representatives of the U.S. White House held a special telephone press conference to clarify, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited the United States immediately after the arrest of 10 suspected Russian spy who was "pure coincidence."

The representative said: "The reason why the election at that time because one of them attempted to leave the United States."

why Russia and the United States quickly reached a 4-for-10?

exchange of spies in the United States and the Soviet Union the "Cold War" period is not uncommon. However, this time of turmoil in the United States and Russia resume bilateral relations, the two sides reached in a short time only 4-for-10 in the unequal exchange. Why?

8, the U.S. State Department said in a statement, the United States to seek fast and comprehensive solution is based on "national security and humanitarian grounds." Long-term imprisonment of the 10 suspects will not be a significant national interest, and choose to release them is beneficial to the United States.

Daytona State Department spokesman said: "The agents in the United States engaged in illegal gang has been dismantled, the United States to take this opportunity for four long-term imprisonment by the Russian people safe release, including the health status of people Hot Topic. "

Daytona, said diplomatic relations between the United States and Russia are to maintain the positive track, will not be affected by the recent spy row.

Russian Foreign Ministry said the action took place in bilateral relations, the exchange of "overall improvement" of the time, intended to further promote bilateral relations.

analysis said that the espionage affair, Russia show more restraint. Mainly because Russia wants to use the financial crisis plagued the United States to seize the Government's reform of the Obama foreign opportunities, as far as possible to ease Russian-US relations, for Russia's domestic development and create a favorable external space, including attracting foreign investment, and foreign develop economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation.

the United States to prevent further when Russian President Vladimir Putin?

this Russia and the United States, not only in their domestic spying controversy ignited, also attracted attention of the media world of the multinational.

German "Frankfurter Rundschau" on the 8th to raise a point of view, the United States may want to use "Russian espionage case," the same as the agent for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was born.

"Frankfurter Rundschau" says the spy case, many rumors breeds, including professional standards of modern Russia's intelligence questioned, especially Vladimir Putin first became president, he served as prime minister, the Russian secret service team rapid expansion, a number of bureaucratic power, replacing the professional intelligence officers, leading to rapid decline in the efficiency of intelligence operations. Russian secret service seems to be the case in the absence of careful study, the planning and implementation of the costly operation.

article also refers to the United States planned the crime, "directly to Putin himself," in hopes of forcing him to abandon the idea of re-election campaign, Russian President and to his involvement in money laundering scandal in the United States were. This is the United States courts on grounds of economic issues, accused Russian spy arrested 10 suspects. However, the article said, the indictment related to the amount of only 30 million, take this number to intimidate Putin, a little Pediatrics.

the U.S. "Christian Science Monitor," the opening joke from the British media: "Anna Chapman was sent back to Russia, the UK tabloids have certainly miss her." Because of the special relationship with Britain, it looks glamorous, Chapman has become nearly a week to chase the British newspapers the focus of many news and gossip by the British media burst, but the "Christian Science Monitor," ridiculed the reports, "There is no nutrition", then down less Chapman, newspaper editors to start a headache for the page content.

(integrated Xinhua News Agency, China Daily reported)