US EditionRussian Diplomat Jailed for Spying for U.S.
- On Dec 26, the Moscow City Court sentenced Arseniy Konovalov, former Russian diplomat, to 12 years in a high-security penal colony after finding him guilty of treason.
- The FSB said Arseniy Konovalov proactively transferred secret information to American intelligence for money during a long-term foreign assignment as Second Secretary, Russian Consulate General in Houston.
- TASS published video showing a shocked Arseniy Konovalov being detained in a van, where an FSB operative told him `You are being detained on suspicion of high treason. Do you know what has happened?` and Konovalov replied `No.`
- There was no immediate comment from U.S. spy agencies as prosecutors kept case details private, and Konovalov was dismissed from the Russian Foreign Ministry after his arrest.
- The Federal Security Service , Russia's main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, announced the conviction and noted Ekaterina Konovalova-Kuznetsova, diplomat, was his wife.
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Arseny Konovalov, arrested by the FSB in March 2024 and found guilty of treason - Video of his arrest released
Moscow sentences Russian diplomat to 12 years for passing secrets to U.S. intelligence
MOSCOW, Dec 26 - A Moscow court sentenced a former Russian diplomat to 12 years in a maximum-security penal colony for selling secrets to U.S. intelligence while on a posting to the United States, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Russian Diplomat Jailed for Spying for U.S.
Arseniy Konovalov, a former Russian diplomat, received a 12-year sentence in a maximum-security colony for allegedly selling secrets to U.S. intelligence. Accused of treason, Konovalov served in the U.S. between 2014 and 2017. The FSB asserts his guilt, although specific details on the espionage remain undisclosed.
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