Russia’s FSB has come up with another Ukrainian spying story, with a standard ‘confession’ wildly shown on state-controlled television. The main difference from many other such cases is that the Ukrainian, named as Leonard Kaplun, has purportedly only been deported. Given the many implausible prosecutions of Ukrainians, it seems unlikely that the absurdity of the plot prevented the FSB from bringing criminal charges, however there are certainty major problems with their story.
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A screenshot from the FSB video shows Leonid Kaplun, a Ukrainian bus driver, who has been detained by Russia’s FSB on spying charges.
