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RFE/RL: Russia detains woman suspected of spying for Ukraine in Crimea

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Published Nov. 29, 2019 at 11:08 am

A Russian policeofficer patrols in a street near a building housing the FSB security service in Arkhangelsk on Oct. 31, 2018.

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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) says a Russian woman has been detained on suspicion of state treason for allegedly spying for Ukraine in the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula.

Russian news agencies quoted the FSB as saying on November 29 that the Russian national was being accused of attempting to obtain Russian military secrets “on instructions from the Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense.”