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Russia's Security Service Prevents US Embassy Informant From Conducting Illegal Activity in Moscow
Russia's Security Service Prevents US Embassy Informant From Conducting Illegal Activity in Moscow
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The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it had stopped the illegal activities of the informant of the US Embassy in Moscow, Robert Shonov.
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The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it had stopped Shonov's illegal activities; the informant was working with the US Embassy in Moscow.Shonov faces charges related to alleged confidential collaboration with a foreign state or organization aimed at undermining Russia's national security, according to the Lefortovo court that prolonged his arrest for three more months in May.From September 2022 until his arrest in March 2023, Shonov had been carrying out tasks for employees of the political department of the US Embassy in Moscow, Jeffrey Sillin and David Bernstein for material reward, the statement read. In particular, he was instructed to "collect information on the progress of the special military operation, mobilization processes in the regions of Russia, on problematic moments and assess their influence on the protest activity of the population on the eve of the presidential elections in Russia in 2024."The two US diplomats are to be interrogated in the case of the informant Shonov, the FSB said, adding that in this regard, corresponding subpoenas have been sent to the embassy in Moscow.
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Russia's Security Service Prevents US Embassy Informant From Conducting Illegal Activity in Moscow
Russian citizen Robert Robertovich Shonov, a former employee of the US Consulate General in Vladivostok, has been charged with committing a crime under article 275.1 of the criminal code of Russia: 'Cooperation on a confidential basis with a foreign state.'
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that it had stopped Shonov's illegal activities; the informant was working with the US Embassy in Moscow.
Shonov faces charges related to alleged confidential collaboration with a foreign state or organization aimed at undermining Russia's national security, according to the Lefortovo court that prolonged his arrest for three more months in May.
"The Russian Federal Security Service stopped the illegal activities of an informant of the US Embassy in Moscow, a former employee of the US Consulate General in Vladivostok, Russian citizen Robert Robertovich Shonov; he was charged with committing a crime under article 275.1 of the criminal code of Russia 'Cooperation on a confidential basis with a foreign state,'" the FSB said in a statement.
From September 2022 until his arrest in March 2023, Shonov had been carrying out tasks for employees of the political department of the US Embassy in Moscow, Jeffrey Sillin and David Bernstein for material reward, the statement read. In particular, he was instructed to "collect information on the progress of the special military operation, mobilization processes in the regions of Russia, on problematic moments and assess their influence on the
protest activity of the population on the eve of the presidential elections in Russia in 2024."
The two US diplomats are to be interrogated in the case of the informant Shonov, the FSB said, adding that in this regard, corresponding subpoenas have been sent to the embassy in Moscow.
