US citizen arrested in Russian on spying charges 12 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy the Associated PressRussia’s domestic security agency says it has arrested a U.S. citizen on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service, or FSB, the top KGB successor agency, said that the American man detained in Moscow on Friday. The state Tass news agency identified the detained man as Paul Whelan. Spying charges carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years in Russia.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 31, 2018 10:30 UTC