Russia has detained a U.S. citizen on spying charges that could land him in prison for as long as 20 years, the Tass news agency reported Monday. Tass said Paul Whelan was taken into custody Friday "while on a spy mission" in Moscow.
The report said officers of Russia's domestic security service, the Federal Security Service (FSB), detained Whelan and opened a criminal case against him. The Associated Press describes the FSB as the "top successor agency to the KGB."
No details were offered about Whelan or the crimes he allegedly committed.
There was no immediate comment from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, the White House or U.S. State Department.
The arrest comes as Russia-U.S. relations have hit a post-Cold War low over accusations that Moscow interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the civil war in Syria and the Ukrainian crisis, among other sources of severe conflict.
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