Mikhail Fradkov, head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, is seen in this file photo. ITAR-TASS/NewscomDmitry Medvedev Confirms Traitor Told US About Russian Spy Ring -- The Telegraph
Dmitry Medvedev has confirmed that a traitor in his own country's foreign intelligence service told the FBI about a Russian spy ring operating in the US that was smashed this summer.
The admission, which is embarrassing for Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service, came as experts said that more Russian spies were likely to still be operating in the United States undetected.
Mr Medvedev said that news that a certain Colonel Scherbakov had betrayed the 10 Russian spies including glamorous Anna Chapman was broadly right.
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Fradkov Under Fire for Spy Defection -- Moscow Times
Doubts cast on Shcherbakov "traitor" story -- Moscow News
Medvedev to Russia's spy agency: Get your act together -- MSNBC
Anna’s Unfaithful Spy Boss -- FOX News
Ex-KGB and CIA officials mull Russian defector -- Spy Talk/Washington Post
Spy shame or special operation of Foreign Intelligence Service? -- Pravda