Posted January 30, 2015 5:32 PM ET; Last updated February 14, 2015 2:50 PM ET
Anna Chapman and a drawing of Igor Sporyshev in court with his lawyer.
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Economic warfare? Authorities worry that the presence of spies like Buryakov, Sporyshev and Podobnyy could undermine the countries economic security.
[From article]
Three men accused in the latest Russian spy case didn't hide behind fake identities and weren't stealing military secrets. The evidence even suggests they were annoyed that their assignment wasn't more like a James Bond film.
Their alleged plot to dig up 'economic intelligence' on possible banking penalties and alternative energy sources may not be the stuff of Hollywood movies, but U.S. authorities insist the case is proof that Russian spying is thriving in America more than two decades after the end of the Cold War.
It also shows the time and resources the U.S. still throws at those suspected of being Putin-era spies, using methods developed before many of them were born: listening bugs, hidden cameras and intercepted phone calls.
[. . .]
The case against Evgeny Buryakov, Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy comes less than five years after the arrest of 10 covert agents - a sleeper cell referred to as 'The Illegals' by the SVR, the foreign intelligence agency headquartered in Moscow - who led ordinary lives for several years in the United States using aliases. All 10 pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to conspiracy charges and were ordered out of the country as part of a spy swap for four people convicted of betraying Moscow to the West.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn brought another spy case in 2013, accusing Alexander Fishenko, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Kazakhstan who made millions off his Texas export firm, of being a secret agent for the Russian military. Fishenko, who pleaded not guilty, is scheduled to go to trial later this year.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2935551/Russian-spies-thriving-U-S-20-years-Cold-War-says-Justice-department-arrest-agent-posing-banker.html
Russian spies still a threat to U.S. over 20 years after Cold War says Justice Department after arrest of agent posing as banker
Evgeny Buryakov is one of three Russians accused of operating in New York to gain 'economic intelligence' and recruit
U.S. Attorneys warn the discovery of Buryakov--and his cohorts Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy--means espionage is alive and well
Authorities say their alleged activities reveal a continued threat of economic warfare on the U.S.
By AP
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 15:46 EST, 1 February 2015 | UPDATED: 11:32 EST, 2 February 2015
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[From article]
Three Russian nationals were charged Monday in an espionage plot that was uncovered following the 2010 arrest and deportation of sexy spy Anna Chapman and nine fellow undercover operatives, according to the feds.
One of the men was grabbed and handcuffed by a team of FBI agents outside an A&P supermarket in Riverdale about 11:45 a.m., then driven off in a convoy of two unmarked cars, according to a witness who saw the bust and sources who confirmed what happened.
Court papers say the defendants, Evgeny “Zhenya” Buryakov, Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy, are agents with Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service.
Their alleged activities include gathering information on potential US sanctions against Russia and American efforts to develop “alternative energy resources.”
http://nypost.com/2015/01/26/3-russians-charged-in-spy-plot-in-nyc/
3 Russians charged in ‘spy plot’ in NYC
By Shawn Cohen and Bruce Golding
January 26, 2015 | 3:05pm
New York Post
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[From article]
An alleged Russian spy posing as a banker in Manhattan has been arrested, federal officials said today.
The banker, identified in a criminal complaint as Evgeny Buryakov, is accused of working with agents of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, the SVR, as a “non-official cover” agent.
“Specifically, Buryakov is posing as an employee in the Manhattan office of a Russian bank,” the complaint, unsealed today, says. A “non-official cover” agent generally refers to an espionage agent working in a foreign nation without the protection of diplomatic immunity.
Buraykov was arrested as part of an alleged spy ring that involved two other individuals, the Department of Justice said. The other two, identified as Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy, had worked in the U.S. before on behalf of Russia and were protected by diplomatic immunity. Sporyshev worked as a Trade Representative for Russia in New York until late last year and Podobnyy was an attaché to Russia’s Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, the complaint says.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/feds-russian-spy-nabbed-nyc/story?id=28494972
Feds: Russian Spy Posing as Banker Nabbed in NYC
Jan 26, 2015, 2:43 PM ET
By AARON KATERSKY and LEE FERRAN
Economic warfare? Authorities worry that the presence of spies like Buryakov, Sporyshev and Podobnyy could undermine the countries economic security.
[From article]
Three men accused in the latest Russian spy case didn't hide behind fake identities and weren't stealing military secrets. The evidence even suggests they were annoyed that their assignment wasn't more like a James Bond film.
Their alleged plot to dig up 'economic intelligence' on possible banking penalties and alternative energy sources may not be the stuff of Hollywood movies, but U.S. authorities insist the case is proof that Russian spying is thriving in America more than two decades after the end of the Cold War.
It also shows the time and resources the U.S. still throws at those suspected of being Putin-era spies, using methods developed before many of them were born: listening bugs, hidden cameras and intercepted phone calls.
[. . .]
The case against Evgeny Buryakov, Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy comes less than five years after the arrest of 10 covert agents - a sleeper cell referred to as 'The Illegals' by the SVR, the foreign intelligence agency headquartered in Moscow - who led ordinary lives for several years in the United States using aliases. All 10 pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to conspiracy charges and were ordered out of the country as part of a spy swap for four people convicted of betraying Moscow to the West.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn brought another spy case in 2013, accusing Alexander Fishenko, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Kazakhstan who made millions off his Texas export firm, of being a secret agent for the Russian military. Fishenko, who pleaded not guilty, is scheduled to go to trial later this year.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2935551/Russian-spies-thriving-U-S-20-years-Cold-War-says-Justice-department-arrest-agent-posing-banker.html
Russian spies still a threat to U.S. over 20 years after Cold War says Justice Department after arrest of agent posing as banker
Evgeny Buryakov is one of three Russians accused of operating in New York to gain 'economic intelligence' and recruit
U.S. Attorneys warn the discovery of Buryakov--and his cohorts Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy--means espionage is alive and well
Authorities say their alleged activities reveal a continued threat of economic warfare on the U.S.
By AP
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 15:46 EST, 1 February 2015 | UPDATED: 11:32 EST, 2 February 2015
* * *
[From article]
Three Russian nationals were charged Monday in an espionage plot that was uncovered following the 2010 arrest and deportation of sexy spy Anna Chapman and nine fellow undercover operatives, according to the feds.
One of the men was grabbed and handcuffed by a team of FBI agents outside an A&P supermarket in Riverdale about 11:45 a.m., then driven off in a convoy of two unmarked cars, according to a witness who saw the bust and sources who confirmed what happened.
Court papers say the defendants, Evgeny “Zhenya” Buryakov, Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy, are agents with Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service.
Their alleged activities include gathering information on potential US sanctions against Russia and American efforts to develop “alternative energy resources.”
http://nypost.com/2015/01/26/3-russians-charged-in-spy-plot-in-nyc/
3 Russians charged in ‘spy plot’ in NYC
By Shawn Cohen and Bruce Golding
January 26, 2015 | 3:05pm
New York Post
* * *
[From article]
An alleged Russian spy posing as a banker in Manhattan has been arrested, federal officials said today.
The banker, identified in a criminal complaint as Evgeny Buryakov, is accused of working with agents of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, the SVR, as a “non-official cover” agent.
“Specifically, Buryakov is posing as an employee in the Manhattan office of a Russian bank,” the complaint, unsealed today, says. A “non-official cover” agent generally refers to an espionage agent working in a foreign nation without the protection of diplomatic immunity.
Buraykov was arrested as part of an alleged spy ring that involved two other individuals, the Department of Justice said. The other two, identified as Igor Sporyshev and Victor Podobnyy, had worked in the U.S. before on behalf of Russia and were protected by diplomatic immunity. Sporyshev worked as a Trade Representative for Russia in New York until late last year and Podobnyy was an attaché to Russia’s Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, the complaint says.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/feds-russian-spy-nabbed-nyc/story?id=28494972
Feds: Russian Spy Posing as Banker Nabbed in NYC
Jan 26, 2015, 2:43 PM ET
By AARON KATERSKY and LEE FERRAN
ABC News
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