Moscow Says US Fails to Provide Evidence for Accusations of 'Russian Spies'
19:07 27.01.2015(updated 19:31 27.01.2015)
Russian national Evgeny Buryakov, as well as two former employees of Russian diplomatic bodies in New York, is accused of gathering 'intelligence', but no evidence to support these accusations has been provided by the United States, Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
MOSCOW, January 27 (Sputnik) – The United States has not provided any evidence to support the charges against three Russian nationals accused of gathering data and recruiting agents in the United States, Alexander Lukashevich, the spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said Tuesday.
'[Russian national Evgeny Buryakov], as well as two former employees of Russian diplomatic bodies in New York, is accused of gathering 'intelligence', but no evidence to support these accusations has been provided,' Lukashevich said.
According to the spokesman, it appears that US authorities have used the favored tactic of creating spy scandals, although Russia-US relations are already experiencing tensions.
'Following 'the worse, the better' principle, the United States has decided to continue with the anti-Russian campaign,' he said.
On Monday, New York federal prosecutors charged Russian nationals Evgeny Buryakov, Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobny with gathering data in the United States for Russia's foreign intelligence, with the accused potentially facing up to 10 years in prison.
On Tuesday, Russia's Vnesheconombank (VEB) confirmed that Buryakov served as a deputy representative of the bank in New York City. According to the US Department of Justice, Sporyshev said he was a Russian trade representative, while Podobny said he served as an attache to Moscow's mission to the United Nations.
© Sputnik
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