Diplomatic security

RUSSIA ACCUSES U.S. INTELLIGENCE OF ATTEMPT TO RECRUIT DIPLOMAT

Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused U.S. intelligence services of trying to recruit one of their diplomats abroad, thereby slowing down the procurement of vital cancer drugs for late former prime minister, Yevgeny Primakov.

Speaking during an appearance on Sunday Night with Vladimir Solovey, channel ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described in detail an alleged encounter between an unnamed Russian diplomat and officials from the U.S. security apparatus.

Zakharova revealed that during Primakov’s battle with liver cancer, a U.S. diplomat attempted to purchase crucial drugs for his treatment, only to be taken aside by U.S. security agents.