Comment: A spokesman for the State Council later confirmed that an official of the US Embassy in Russia was "released after a short detention", but declined to comment further, as did the CIA and the US Embassy in Russia.
Ventrell (Deputy Spokesman of the State Council, USA): We can confirm that an official of the US Embassy in Russia was released after a short arrest. We have seen the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry and will not comment further at present.
Commentary: Russian Presidential Spokesman peskov said that Russia regrets the arrest of CIA agents in Moscow. He also stressed that the espionage activities of US intelligence agencies in Russia are contrary to the desire of the leaders of the two countries to strengthen cooperation.
On May 20th, on the same day that vogel was expelled, Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council, visited the United States and brought Obama a letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the plan, Putin and Obama will meet within the framework of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland in June this year, and Obama will visit Russia on the eve of the G20 summit in St. Petersburg in September this year.
Lu Chen: Because of the lack of real trust in their bones, Russia and the United States have always staged "Infernal Affairs". 20 10 in June, the FBI announced that it had cracked the Russian spy network that had occupied the United States for many years and arrested 10 Russian spies, including Chapman, a beautiful spy known as the "queen of thousands of faces". This action is a great blow to Russia in the American intelligence network, and it also makes Russia very embarrassed. Because before the United States arrested Russian spies, then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had just visited the White House to show off "Hamburg diplomacy" with Obama. After his arrest, former US President Bill Clinton visited Russia and met with then President Putin. When Putin met with Clinton, he clearly realized that Russia and the United States had lost the spy wrestling with the old spy. Putin teased Clinton with his calmness and humor. He said, "You American police arrested our citizens. Of course, they are on official business. I hope that individual incidents will not affect the development of bilateral relations. " Putin defeated the United States with his old-fashioned response, and then Russia exchanged four Russians convicted of spying in the West for captured 10 agents. This is also the largest spy exchange between Russia and the United States since the Cold War.
Commentary: On June 22nd, 20 10, then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev started a three-day trip to the United States, and was hosted by US President Barack Obama in Hamburg. Both sides believe that bilateral relations have made progress, and Obama even called Medvedev a "stable and reliable ally" of the United States. Then on June 28th, the FBI announced that it had uncovered a Russian case.