Russia sentences ex-foreign ministry employee to 12 years for passing secrets to U.S. intelligence

A court in ‌Moscow sentenced former Russian foreign ministry ⁠employee Arseniy Konovalov to 12 years in prison for passing ​secrets to U.S. intelligence, Interfax ‍reported on Friday citing The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).

Konovalov, "while ⁠on ‌a ⁠long-term foreign assignment in the United ‍States, ... passed secret information ​that had come to his ⁠knowledge in the course of ⁠his duties in return for monetary reward on ⁠to American intelligence," the ⁠agency ‌reported citing FSB.

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