Russian intelligence says it detained Ukrainian spy suspect
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MOSCOW — The Russian intelligence agency FSB said on Monday it has arrested a Ukrainian journalist who is suspected of spying in Russia.
The FSB claimed in a statement that Roman Sushchenko is an officer with the Ukrainian military intelligence who has been collecting information about the Russian Armed Forces.
The arrest, confirmed by a Moscow court on Monday, comes amid an almost complete breakdown in relations between the two neighbours, triggered by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its support for separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.
The reporter’s employer, Ukrinform, said early on Monday that Sushchenko has been working for it since 2002 and was based in Paris the past couple of years. Ukrinform said Sushchenko was in Moscow last week on vacation and disappeared on Friday before surfacing in a Moscow jail.
