THE FBI last night released surveillance tapes, photos and hundreds of pages of documents that shed new light on operation Ghost Stories, the bureau’s investigation of a ring of Russian sleeper agents that ended after more than a decade in the biggest spy swap since the Cold War.

A JUDGE in New York has ordered 10 defendants who admitted acting as Russian spies deported from the United States in a swap that results in four spies being released by Russia.

The largest Russia-US spy swap since the Cold War appeared to be in motion today, with up to 10 guilty pleas planned in New York by defendants accused of spying for Russia in exchange for the release of convicted Russian spies.

ONE of the suspects in an alleged spy ring has confessed to US federal agents that he worked for Russia’s intelligence service, federal prosecutors said yesterday.

Officials in Dublin are today investigating claims that a false Irish passport was to be used by a member an alleged Russian spy ring in the US.