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Russian Ex-policeman Convicted as CIA Spy


A court in Moscow has convicted a former policeman and sentenced him to 13 years in prison for passing state secrets to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday that Yevgeny Chistov admitted he was a CIA spy for three years and pleaded guilty to charges of treason.

Chistov was a police officer assigned to the Russian Interior Ministry’s Moscow region, the FSB said.

“It was established that in 2011, Y.A. Chistov, while serving in the Russian Interior Ministry, proactively established contact with the CIA, acting out of mercenary interests,” the security service said in a statement.

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Source: Voice of America

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