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How the Spy Swap Plays in Russia: Darkly

(July 10) -- The arrest of ten Russian spies in the U.S., and the subsequent agreement to swap them for Russian prisoners, has created a furor in the Russian press very different from the U.S. obsession with sexy Facebook pictures and the fate of the children. The Russians have been much more drawn to probing the...

Russians in Spy Exchange Include Hanssen Case Figure

(July 9) -- A former Russian intelligence officer who may have provided information that helped uncover two of the worst spies in U.S. history -- Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames -- is among the four Russians swapped for 10 sleeper agents in an elaborate Cold War-style spy swap today. Alexander Zaporozhsky, a decorated...

Russian Spy Swap: Spies by Names and Occupations

UPDATE: "Ten Russian agents have been flown to Vienna after being deported from the US as part of a Cold War-style spy swap between Moscow and Washington," Sky.com reported. "They are expected to be handed over to Russian officials in the Austrian capital." (July 8) -- An amicable trade agreement between the United States...

Background on Alexander Zaporozhsky

Alexander Zaporozhsky (Russian: Александр Иванович Запорожский) is a former Colonel in Russia's SVR. He was convicted of treason and given an 18-year prison sentence in 2003 for cooperation with the United States, but has been released in July 2010 as part of a spy swap for the 10 Russian agents arrested in the United States as part of the Illegals Program.

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