Russia Expels American on Spy Allegations
In an episode that appeared more costume party than spy thriller, Russian authorities detained American Ryan C. Fogle near a Moscow park late Monday, according to Russia’s spy service—which said he was wearing a dirty-blond wig and carrying „special technical equipment“ as well as several pairs of glasses and „a large sum“ of cash.
Mr. Fogle had been trying to recruit a Russian intelligence services officer responsible for fighting Islamist terrorists in Russia’s Caucasus region, the Federal Security Service said.
The agency, known as the FSB, also alleged he had been carrying a Russian-language recruitment note explaining how to set up a secure Gmail account and promising „up to $1 million a year with the promise of additional bonuses“ for information.
The State Department confirmed ray ban sunglasses that a U.S. diplomat had been detained and ray ban for sale released by Russian authorities but declined to say for which agency Mr. Fogle worked. U.S. State Department spokesman raybanforsala Patrick Ventrell said only that he was „an American staff member of the embassy.“ Pressed to say if that meant he may not be a foreign-service officer, he said, „right, I just don’t have any more information, one way or another.“
The expulsion comes a week after Secretary of State John Kerry cheap ray ban traveled to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin in the latest effort to patch up a relationship jarred by disputes over issues from European security and Mideast uprisings to human rights.
