Isikhungo sobudlelwano bomphakathi seRussia's Federal Security Service (FSB), elandela i-KGB, ngoMsombuluko sithe iFSB ibophe isakhamuzi saseMelika eMoscow 'ngezinsolo zobunhloli'.
Isakhamuzi saseMelika uPaul Whelan uboshwe ngesikhathi "sesenzo sobunhloli" eMoscow, kusho abeFederal Security Service. Njengamanje uboshiwe ngezinsolo zobunhloli.
"Ngomhla zingama-28 kuZibandlela wezi-2018 abasebenzi baseRussian Federal Security Service babophe isakhamuzi saseMelika uPaul Whelan eMoscow ngesikhathi sisemsebenzini wobunhloli," kusho ihhovisi labezindaba le-FSB.
Ayikho imininingwane noma amaqiniso aphathelene nomsebenzi adalulwe ngokushesha.
Kwaqalwa ukuqulwa kwamacala obugebengu ngokumelene nesakhamuzi saseMelika ngaphansi kwe-Article 276 ye-Russian Criminal Code, ehlanganisa ubugebengu bobunhloli.
Uma etholakala enecala, ubhekene neminyaka ephakathi kuka-10 no-20 ejele.
UMnyango Wezangaphandle WaseRussia uthe Ihhovisi Lenxusa LaseMelika eMoscow lazisiwe ngokuboshwa kukaWhelan.
Izindaba zokuboshwa kwalesi sakhamuzi saseMelika ziza ngesikhathi kushube ukushuba kwesimo phakathi kweMelika neRussia esolwa ngokugxambukela ezindabeni zasekhaya zaseMelika kanye nemisebenzi eyahlukene yobunhloli.
Ngo-Okthoba, i-US yamangalela amaphoyisa ayisikhombisa e-GRU yezempi yaseRussia ngokugebenga nokwenza ukukhwabanisa.
Amadoda amane akulelo qembu axoshwa eNetherlands ngo-April ngezinsolo zokuzama ukugebenga i-Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). IMoscow iziphikile zonke izinsolo, yazichitha “njengezinhloli”.
