Fake Russian Spy Ring Announced
By Stephen Lendman
Global Research
January 29, 2015
The U.S. needs enemies to advance its agenda. When none exist they’re invented. Longstanding US policy.
Russian national Evgeny Buryakov its latest victim. A Russian bank employee arrested in New York on phony espionage charges.
Two other Russian nationals named. Outgoing US Attorney General Eric Holder announced bogus charges.
A Department of Justice statement naming “Evgeny Buryakov, aka Zhenya,’ Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy in connection with Buryakov’s service as a covert intelligence agent on behalf of the Russian Federation (Russia) in New York City, without notifying the US Attorney General of Buryakov’s status as an agent of Russia, as required by federal law.”
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Carlin said
“(t)he attempt by foreign nations to illegally gather economic and other intelligence information in the United States through covert agents is a direct threat to the national security of the United States, and it exemplifies why counterespionage is a top priority of the National Security Division.”
Buryakov was arrested. Was arraigned before Manhattan US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn the same day.
Sporyshev and Podobnyy no longer reside in America. Both had diplomatic immunity while still here.
Holder lied saying “(t)hese charges demonstrate our firm commitment to combating attempts by covert agents to illegally gather intelligence and recruit spies within the United States.”
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