{"id":2004814,"date":"2023-08-18T12:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-charges-another-american-citizen-with-espionage\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T12:17:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:17:40","slug":"russia-charges-another-american-citizen-with-espionage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-charges-another-american-citizen-with-espionage\/","title":{"rendered":"Another American citizen charged with espionage by Russia."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-charges-another-american-citizen-with-espionage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2004814&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Russia \u200bCharges American Citizen with Espionage<\/h2>\n<p>Russia has charged a jailed\u2063 American\u200d citizen with espionage, increasing the pressure on \u200dPresident Joe Biden&#8217;s administration. The\u2062 administration has been working to bring several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-charges-another-american-citizen-with-espionage\/\" title=\"Another American citizen charged with espionage by Russia.\">detained citizens back\u2062 home<\/a> from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s RIA and TASS news\u200d agencies reported that Moscow&#8217;s Lefortovo court \u2063has remanded \u2063Gene Spector in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-officials-raise-concerns-over-recidivism-bail-laws\/\" title=\"N.Y. officials raise concerns over recidivism, bail laws\">pre-trial custody<\/a> on suspicion of \u2064espionage, which carries a \u2063jail term of 10 to 20 years.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The court\u2063 granted the request of the investigation to detain a U.S. citizen Spector on charges under Article 276 (espionage) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation,&#8221; TASS quoted an unidentified source at the court as saying.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The news agencies did not provide\u2063 any details about the new\u2062 charges, but they mentioned that the court session was held behind closed doors due to the classified nature of the case materials.<\/p>\n<p>Spector is already serving a\u2062 3-1\/2-year sentence after\u2062 pleading guilty to his involvement in bribing an assistant of former Russian deputy prime \u200bminister Arkady Dvorkovich.<\/p>\n<p>Spector, originally from St. Petersburg, moved to the United \u2063States. Before his arrest in 2021, he served as chairman of the board of Medpolymerprom Group, a company specializing in cancer-curing drugs.<\/p>\n<p>White House spokesperson John Kirby stated on CNN that the administration is still gathering information about the case and has\u2063 no comment at this time.<\/p>\n<p>A State Department spokesperson acknowledged the\u2063 reports of \u2064charges against a U.S. citizen in Russia and stated that they are monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n<h3>Efforts to Bring Detained Americans Back<\/h3>\n<p>The \u2064United States has been \u2064in \u200ddiscussions \u200bwith Russia regarding the return of several American citizens detained in \u2062Moscow, including Wall \u200cStreet Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul\u200b Whelan.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin has confirmed that discussions have taken place, but it has emphasized that \u200bswaps can only be considered after trials and has cautioned against public statements\u2062 that could undermine the efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, recently stated\u200b that Moscow and Washington have an effective channel for prisoner swaps.<\/p>\n<p>Gershkovich, who works for the Journal, was arrested in\u200d March on espionage charges that he, the Journal, and Washington deny. Russia claims he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-caught-red-handed-removing-dislikes-from-biden-white-house-page-anything-to-fool-the-proletariat\/\" title=\"YOUTUBE CAUGHT RED-HANDED Removing Dislikes from Biden White House Page \u2014 Anything to Fool the Proletariat\">caught red-handed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former U.S. Marine \u2064Whelan is currently serving a 16-year\u2064 sentence in a Russian penal colony after being convicted of espionage charges that the U.S. also considers to be baseless.\u2064 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken \u200bspoke with Whelan earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Last December, \u2062U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was released in a prisoner swap after being sentenced to nine years in a penal colony\u200c for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-best-of-the-worst-bidens-25-worst-moments-of-2022\/\" title=\"The Best of the Worst: Biden\u2019s 25 Worst Moments of 2022\">possessing vape cartridges<\/a> containing cannabis oil, which is\u200b banned in Russia. The judicial process was labeled a\u2064 sham by Washington.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns\u2063 for U.S. Citizens\u200b in\u2063 Russia<\/h3>\n<p>Since the war in\u2064 Ukraine began in February\u2064 2022, the United States has repeatedly advised its citizens to leave Russia due to the risk of arbitrary arrest or\u2063 harassment by Russian law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 June, U.S. musician and\u2064 former paratrooper Michael Travis Leake \u200bappeared in court locked in a metal cage after being arrested\u2063 on drug dealing\u2064 charges. Reuters was unable \u200cto reach him for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil recently rejected a U.S. request to extradite Sergey Cherkasov, who Western intelligence agencies believe is a Russian spy attempting to infiltrate \u200bthe International Criminal Court (ICC) using a false identity.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Maxim Rodionov, Kanishka Singh, and Lidia Kelly; additional reporting by Simon Lewis; Editing by Daniel Wallis, Raju Gopalakrishnan, Nick Macfie, and Jonathan\u200d Oatis)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia has charged an imprisoned American with espionage, intensifying pressure on President Biden&#8217;s administration. The court in Moscow has ordered Gene Spector to be held in pre-trial custody. 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