Romanian spy detained in Moscow when trying to obtain secret information
10:55, 17 August 2010
MOSCOW. August 17. KAZINFORM The Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a Romanian diplomat when he tried to obtain secret military information from a Russian citizen.
The FSB identified the diplomat as Gabriel Grek of the External Information Service working at the Romanian embassy as first secretary of the political section.
"Seized from the intelligence officer was spying equipment that fully exposed his hostile activities against the Russian Federation," the FSB public relations centre told Itar-Tass on Monday, August 16.
The investigation is underway, ITAR-TASS reports.
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