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| Russia’s FSB security agency detains Ukrainian consul in St. Petersburg as he tried to collect 'secret data’ from Russian citizen | Russia’s FSB security agency detains Ukrainian consul in St. Petersburg as he tried to collect 'secret data’ from Russian citizen |
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| Russia’s Federal Security Service has detained a Ukrainian consul in St. Petersburg. The high-ranking diplomat was nabbed during a meeting with a Russian citizen who provided him with secret data. | Russia’s Federal Security Service has detained a Ukrainian consul in St. Petersburg. The high-ranking diplomat was nabbed during a meeting with a Russian citizen who provided him with secret data. |
| The diplomat, identified as Alexander Sosonyuk, was detained in the Russian city on April 16, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday. The diplomat was detained while having “a meeting with a Russian citizen, during which he received secret information from law enforcement and FSB databases,” the agency said in a statement. | |
| “Such activity is incompatible with the status of a diplomatic worker and is openly hostile towards Russia. The foreign diplomat will be subjected to measures applied under international law,” the FSB added. | “Such activity is incompatible with the status of a diplomatic worker and is openly hostile towards Russia. The foreign diplomat will be subjected to measures applied under international law,” the FSB added. |
| While the agency did not elaborate on the fate of Sosonyuk, he’s likely to be declared a persona non grata and expelled from Russia shortly. It also remained unclear whether any other individual, including Sosonyuk’s Russian contact, has been detained in the aftermath of the ill-fated meeting. | While the agency did not elaborate on the fate of Sosonyuk, he’s likely to be declared a persona non grata and expelled from Russia shortly. It also remained unclear whether any other individual, including Sosonyuk’s Russian contact, has been detained in the aftermath of the ill-fated meeting. |
| Ukraine has acknowledged the incident, rejecting the allegations and accusing Russia of “hostile” behavior. | Ukraine has acknowledged the incident, rejecting the allegations and accusing Russia of “hostile” behavior. |
| “We’ll be working to bring him home soon. Our diplomat has no connection to the activities Russian law enforcement accuse him of,” Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign minister Yevgeniy Yenin told Ukraine 24 TV channel. | “We’ll be working to bring him home soon. Our diplomat has no connection to the activities Russian law enforcement accuse him of,” Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign minister Yevgeniy Yenin told Ukraine 24 TV channel. |
| Sosonyuk has been working in Russia for nearly a decade, according to the information posted on the website of Ukraine’s general consulate in St. Petersburg. The consul is listed among its diplomatic staff on a page dated October 2012. | Sosonyuk has been working in Russia for nearly a decade, according to the information posted on the website of Ukraine’s general consulate in St. Petersburg. The consul is listed among its diplomatic staff on a page dated October 2012. |
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