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Russia’s security service says jailed American leaked biotechnology secrets

A woman sits in front of the Federal Security Service (FSB) building on Lubyanka Square in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2023 [File: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]

Russia’s FSB security service has said a US citizen sentenced to a 15-year jail term this week was found guilty of leaking biotechnology secrets to the United States.

In a statement on Friday, FSB accused Eugene Spector, who was born in Russia and then moved to the US, of acting on behalf of the Pentagon.

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