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Obama Receives Letter of Reassurance From Medvedev About Russian Spies

Medvedev and Obama

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev sent a letter to Barack Obama coinciding with the July 4th celebrations, in which he assured Obama
that, “Our constructive, neighborly relations make it futile to try to downplay the importance of our achievements”. The letter is in response to the 11 Russians arrested for alleged spying.

Last week during a meeting with former president Bill Clinton, Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin accused U.S. authorities of going out of control. Both countries have been working hard to restore normal relations even though they can’t reach a consensus on how to handle the Iran and North Korea nuclear programs. http://newscastmedia.com/medvedev_letter.htm

Russian government condemns arrest of alleged spies

Obama and Medvedev

Newscast Media — The Russian government has condemned the FBI’s arrest of 11 secret agents as “deplorable” at a tine when The Kremlin is trying to improve relations with Washington. The defendants have been classified as “illegals” working deep undercover with false identities, to infiltrate U.S. government policy-making circles.

The scandal comes just days after Russian president Medvedev met with Obama, on a visit designed to portray improved relations between Russia and the U.S.

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov said, “The only thing I can say today is that the moment for making the arrests has been chosen with special elegance.” Each of the 10 was charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

Court papers allege that the defendants led ordinary lives”deepening” their false identities by taking ordinary jobs, living as married couples, having children and even trying to buy homes in the US.

Prosecutors claim: “Illegals will sometimes pursue degrees at target-country universities, obtain employment, and join relevant professional associations; these activities deepen an illegal’s ‘legend’.”

“Illegals often operate in pairs – being placed together by Moscow Centre while in Russia, so that they can live together and work together in a host country, under the guise of a married couple.”
http://newscastmedia.com/russian_spies.htm