Iziko lobudlelwane boluntu le-Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), elilandela i-KGB, lithe ngoMvulo ukuba i-FSB ivalele ummi wase-US eMoscow 'ngokurhanelwa ngobuntlola'.
Ummi waseMelika uPaul Whelan wabanjwa ngexesha "lokuhlola" eMoscow, iNkonzo yoKhuseleko yoMdibaniso yathi. Sithetha nje uvalelwe etyholwa ngobuntlola.
"Ngomhla wama-28 kaDisemba, abasebenzi baseRussian Federal Security Service babambe ummi wase-US uPaul Whelan eMoscow ngelixa bekwimishini yobuntlola," yatsho iofisi yeendaba yeFSB.
Akukho zinkcukacha okanye iinyani ezijikeleze umsebenzi eziye zachazwa ngoko nangoko.
Iinkqubo zolwaphulo-mthetho zaqaliswa ngokuchasene nommi wase-US phantsi kweSiqendu 276 seKhowudi yoLwaphulo-mthetho yaseRashiya, ebandakanya ulwaphulo-mthetho lobuntlola.
Ukuba ufunyaniswe enetyala, ujongene neminyaka ephakathi kwe-10 nama-20 entolongweni.
UMphathiswa Wezangaphandle WaseRashiya wathi i-Ambassy yase-US eMoscow yazisiwe ngokuvalelwa kukaWhelan.
Iindaba zokubanjwa kommi waseMelika zifike ngexesha lokungavisisani phakathi kwe-US neRussia etyholwa ngokugxuphuleka kwimicimbi yasekhaya yase-US kunye nezenzo ezahlukeneyo zentlola.
Ngo-Okthobha, i-US yamangalela amagosa asixhenxe e-GRU yomkhosi waseRashiya ngokugqekeza kunye nokwenza ubuqhetseba ngocingo.
Amadoda amane akwelo qela agxothwa eNetherlands ngo-Epreli ngezityholo zokuzama ukugqekeza uMbutho wokuThintelwa kweziXhobo zeMichiza (OPCW). IMoscow yazikhaba zonke izityholo, yazigatya njenge “spy mania.”
