-Caveat Lector- Russian Military Researcher Suspected Of Spying For U.S. MOSCOW, Nov 20, 1999 -- (Agence France Presse) A leading researcher at a Russian international relations institute has been charged with treason on suspicion of spying for the United States, the Itar-Tass news agency said Friday. Igor Sutyagin, director of the department for military and technical cooperation at the prestigious Institute of the U.S. and Canada, part of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was arrested Thursday, said the agency citing FSB (ex-KGB) security services spokesman Alexander Zdanovich. Sutyagin is suspected of passing secret documents to a U.S. nuclear security expert Joshua Handler. Handler's Moscow apartment was searched last month and a computer and documents seized, said the daily Kommersant. Handler is a Princeton University specialist in nuclear radiation and security. The pair met on several occasions when Handler was preparing a thesis on nuclear disarmament. Sutyagin was arrested by the FSB near Kaluga, 150 kilometres (90 miles) south of Moscow, the FSB spokesman said. The spokesman refused to give any other details, invoking the "secret nature of the inquiry." ((c) 1999 Agence France Presse) DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
