The consulate worker had been charged with collecting information on the war in Ukraine.
The US embassy has said that the allegations against Robert Shonov are ‘wholly without merit’.
Russian state news agency TASS quoted the FSB security service as saying that Robert Shonov, a Russian national, relayed information to US embassy staffers in Moscow on how Russia’s conscription campaign was impacting political discontent ahead of the 2024 presidential election in Russia. Shonov was employed by the US consulate general in the eastern Russian city of Vladivostok for more than 25 years until Russia in 2021 ordered the termination of the US mission’s local staff.
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