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Russia and Ukraine"s national security services...

while "performing spying activities." The FSB said he had been involved in actions "to the detriment of the security interests of the Russian Armed Forces" since 2006. He was later released and deported.

It also said that a digital camera containing photos of top secret Russian documents was seized from him. The security service also said Pilipenko had confessed and pledged to submit information on other spying activities and agents working against Russia.

The FSB also expressed "surprise that the SBU decided to make the incident public, as such situations are usually resolved between special services."

The row comes just days before Ukraine"s February 7 presidential election runoff, and is another stage in a series of disputes between the two former Soviet republics.

MOSCOW, February 2 (RIA Novosti)



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