Russia Ousting U.S. Official Accused of Being CIA Spy
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Russian authorities are expelling a U.S. official they accused of being a CIA officer who offered a member of the special services in Moscow as much as $1 million a year for information.
The accused spy, identified as Ryan Christopher Fogle, was detained in a sting operation on May 13, the Federal Security Service said yesterday on its website. Fogle worked under a cover in the U.S. embassy’s political section, according to the FSB, as the successor to the Soviet-era KGB is known in Russian.