Russia Detains 3 U.S. Diplomats In A Restricted Military Site In Northern Russia

The attaches were travelling from Nyonoska to Severodvinsk in the Arkhangelsk region

RFE: Russia Protests After U.S. Diplomats Found Near Restricted Area

Russia's Foreign Ministry says it will issue a formal note of protest to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow after Russian authorities caught three U.S. diplomats in a restricted area near a secret test site in northern Russia, state-run news agency TASS has reported.

The trio, which included the U.S. military and naval attachés, was removed from a train on October 14 and briefly questioned by Russian authorities in the sensitive Arctic shipyard city of Severodvinsk, near the site of a mysterious explosion in August that killed five nuclear workers.

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WNU Editor: These are military/naval attaches. Considering the location they were obviously on a spy mission. But what is surprising to me is that the Kremlin has not ordered their immediate expulsion. In the past these "diplomats" would be on a plane and out of the country within 24 hours. Not this time. I can only guess that Putin does not want to create waves with Trump right now.

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