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Russia sentences former US consulate worker to nearly 5 years in prison
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Russia sentences former US consulate worker to nearly 5 years in prison

The Independent  

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Former US Consulate Worker Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years in Prison in Russia
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Former US Consulate Worker Sentenced to Nearly 5 Years in Prison in Russia

Associated Press  

Former US consulate worker in Vladivostok, Russia, Robert Shonov, has been sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for cooperating with a foreign state. The charges against him include gathering information about the special military operation in Ukraine, which he allegedly shared with Russian authorities. The State Department has condemned the arrest and said the allegations against Shonov are wholly …

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Russia orders expulsion of two US embassy staff for links to ‘spy’
1 year, 3 months ago

Russia orders expulsion of two US embassy staff for links to ‘spy’

Al Jazeera  

Two diplomats will be expelled for working with Robert Shonov, a former US consulate worker accused by Moscow of spying. On Thursday, Russian authorities said two US embassy staff would be expelled for working with Robert Shonov, a former US consulate worker accused by Moscow of spying. The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement that it had summoned US …

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Russia Accuses US Consulate Employee of Espionage, Wants to Probe Two American Diplomats
1 year, 3 months ago

Russia Accuses US Consulate Employee of Espionage, Wants to Probe Two American Diplomats

News 18  

Russia on Monday accused a former US consulate employee of illegally passing data about the Ukraine conflict to American diplomats, drawing a protest from Washington which has called his activities routine. The FSB said it had charged Russian citizen Robert Shonov, who worked for more than 25 years for the US consulate in the Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, over …

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US accuses Russia of intimidation over former consulate worker’s spy charge
1 year, 3 months ago

US accuses Russia of intimidation over former consulate worker’s spy charge

Al Jazeera  

Robert Shonov, a Russian national and ex-staffer at Washington’s consulate in Vladivostok, was charged with ‘cooperation on a confidential basis’ with US embassy staff in Moscow. Russia’s state-run TASS news agency quoted Russia’s FSB security service as saying that Robert Shonov, a Russian national, had supplied information to US embassy staff in Moscow on how Russia’s conscription for the war …

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Russia accuses detained ex-employee of US consulate of collecting information for American diplomats
1 year, 3 months ago

Russia accuses detained ex-employee of US consulate of collecting information for American diplomats

India TV News  

Russia's Federal Security Service, also called FSB, said on Monday that a former employee of the US consulate in Vladivostok, who has been detained since May, has been accused of collecting information about the ongoing war in Ukraine and related issues for American diplomats. The Russian domestic security agency also said that it has served summons to two US diplomats …

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US denounces arrest of former consulate employee in Russia
1 year, 7 months ago

US denounces arrest of former consulate employee in Russia

Al Jazeera  

Robert Shonov is being held for allegedly cooperating ‘on a confidential basis’ with a foreign organisation. The fact that Shonov was “being targeted under the ‘confidential cooperation’ statute highlights the Russian Federation’s blatant use of increasingly repressive laws against its own citizens,” Miller wrote. Since then, Shonov had worked for a company “contracted to provide services to US Embassy in …

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