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Thus a fortnight ago you attempt to become a member of BooMan’s community , next the FBI raids your home with accusation of espionage for the Russians and today you are deported back to the homeland.
VIENNA, Austria (BBC News) – A plane reportedly carrying 10 Russian agents has landed in the Austrian capital Vienna as part of a prisoner exchange deal with Moscow. The Russian agents, five men and five women, were earlier deported from the US after a court hearing at which they admitted spying for a foreign country. They reportedly submitted a plea for pardon admitting their guilt.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has pardoned four people convicted of espionage in Russia.
Reports said that an official Russian plane also landed at Vienna airport at about the same time as the Vision Airlines jet from New York. Television pictures showed the two aircraft parked side-by-side on the runway.
The BBC’s Bethany Bell in Vienna says there is no official word on how the swap will take place, but adds that in the past third parties have been used to help with such exchanges.
A senior Russian official was quoted by Agence France-Presse news agency as saying the Russian agents were expected to arrive back in their homeland on Friday
The lawyer for Igor Sutyagin, one of those released by Russia, has confirmed that his client has left Moscow, Austrian media say.
« click WaPo editorial Nov. 12, 2001
"If [Sutyagin's case] sounds like a bad parody of Kafka, that's precisely the intention: The FSB wants Russians to know that it has the ability to jail anyone who somehow displeases the authorities, regardless of evidence or the law."
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
