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USA, Russia swap spies in Vienna
Updated On: 10 July, 2010 08:13 AM IST | | Agencies
Ten convicted Russian sleeper agents in US custody and four men accused by Moscow of spying for the West changed hands yesterday
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Ten convicted Russian sleeper agents in US custody and four men accused by Moscow of spying for the West changed hands yesterday
In a seeming flashback to the cold war, Russian and American officials traded prisoners in bright sunlight on the tarmac of a Vienna airport on Friday, bringing to a quick end an episode that had threatened to disrupt relations between the two countries.
Exchange
Planes carrying 10 convicted Russian sleeper agents and four men accused by Moscow of spying for the West swooped into Vienna, once a hub of clandestine East-West manoeuvering, and the men and women were transferred, according to an American official.
In a seeming flashback to the cold war, Russian and American officials traded prisoners in bright sunlight on the tarmac of a Vienna airport on Friday, bringing to a quick end an episode that had threatened to disrupt relations between the two countries.
Exchange
Planes carrying 10 convicted Russian sleeper agents and four men accused by Moscow of spying for the West swooped into Vienna, once a hub of clandestine East-West manoeuvering, and the men and women were transferred, according to an American official.
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| A Russian plane takes off next to a Vision Airlines plane at Vienna airport yesterday with 10 men and women who worked as Russian spies in the US on board Read Next Story Trending StoriesLatest Photos |
