A few more articles on this are coming out, although not many.
Russia opens criminal case on officer’s claim to spy for Britain
MOSCOW, July 7 (Xinhua) — The Russian Federal Security Service(FSB) has completed an inquiry into an ex-security officer’s claim on spying for the British intelligence and launched a criminal case on espionage charges, Russian news agencies reported Saturday.
“We have inquired into the matter and received enough information, which indicates that between 2003 and 2007 British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6) officers recruited him and later used as an agent for spying to the detriment of Russian Federation’s security,” the FSB said in a statement.
Last week FSB said the alleged spy Vyacheslav Zharko had disclosed the names of four British intelligence officers, and given locations in Europe where meetings had taken place, including information regarding the assignments he had been given.
There is, of course, an important reason why they’ve decided to take up this case.
The businessman said in an interview with the Guardian newspaper on April 11 that force should be used for overthrowing the Russian authorities.
He gave a positive answer to the question whether he was inciting a revolution.
You can feel the icy winds blowing between the two governments:
The diplomatic feud deepened last week when Russia formally rejected London’s request to hand over ex-KGB body guard Andrei Lugovoy, suspected by British prosecutors of killing Litvinenko.
London had earlier declined to extradite to Moscow emigre multi-millionaire Boris Berezovsky, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, as well as rebel Chechen emissary Akhmed Zakayev. Both men have political refugee status in Britain.
And so the Russians are now claiming the same thing as the Islamists – that Britain is RUSSOPHOBIC.
