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Europe Russia arrests US diplomat accused of spying

A young US diplomat at the embassy in Moscow was arrested by Russian authorities on allegations he was spying and seeking to induce a senior Russian official into betraying his country for cash.

By Correspondent / May 14, 2013

Ivan Sekretarev/AP

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it caught a CIA spy in Moscow who was posing as a US diplomat and trying to recruit a top Russian security officer with promises of up to $1 million a year.