俄罗斯外交部证实，几名俄罗斯公民因涉嫌从事间谍活动在美国被逮捕，但外交部说他们“没有从事任何有损美国利益的活动”。
星期二，俄罗斯外交部的网站发表公告说，俄罗斯当局假定这些嫌疑人在被关押期间将得到正常待遇。
俄罗斯外交部还表示，俄罗斯政府预期，美国当局在处理此事时，会考虑“俄罗斯和美国良好关系的现状”这一因素。
根据美国法庭文件的记载，这十名嫌疑人被指为“非法人士”，长期执行俄罗斯对外情报局的潜伏任务。
美国媒体报导称，这些被控从事阴谋和洗钱活动的嫌疑人十多年来一直生活在美国各个城市，并且就职于非政府职位，其中一些人就职于政策智囊团和大学。
The Russian Foreign Ministry has acknowledged that Russian citizens were arrested as spying suspects in the United States, but says they “did not commit any actions aimed against the interests of the United States.”
A statement posted Tuesday on the ministry website said Russian authorities are assuming the suspects will be guaranteed normal treatment while in U.S. custody.
It also said Moscow anticipates U.S. authorities will take into account “the positive character of the current state….of Russian-American relations.”
U.S. court papers describe 10 people arrested Sunday as “illegals” carrying out long-term, deep cover assignments in the United States for the Russian foreign intelligence service, SVR.
U.S. media reports say the suspects, charged with conspiracy and money laundering, had lived for more than a decade in U.S. cities and held non-governmental jobs — some of them in policy think-tanks and universities.