US and Russia reach agreement on 'spy exchange'

Found on BBC News on Wednesday, 07 July 2010
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The US is to deport 10 people who spied for Moscow in exchange for four people convicted of espionage in Russia.

Prosecutors said the accused had posed as ordinary citizens, some living together as couples for years, and were ordered by Russia's External Intelligence Service (SVR) to infiltrate policy-making circles and collect information.

At first, Moscow denies that they were spies, now it exchanges them. It's not like that should surprise anybody though.