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DATE=4/5/2000 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=RUSSIA / SPY (L) NUMBER=2-260968 BYLINE=EVE CONANT DATELINE=MOSCOW CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: Russian Security Services have detained a United States citizen in Moscow on suspicion of espionage. Moscow correspondent Eve Conant reports Russian security officials have also detained a Russian citizen suspected of divulging state secrets. TEXT: Russia's Federal Security Service, or F-S- B, on Wednesday confirmed that it had detained a U-S citizen for suspected espionage. ///ACT FSB OFFICER IN RUSSIAN IN FULL AND FADE UNDER/// An F-S-B press officer - who would not give her name - says, "the U-S citizen is the head of a private company who previously worked as a staff official for U-S intelligence." She adds that a Russian citizen was detained along with the U-S citizen, also on suspicion of espionage. F-S-B officials say the Russian citizen was an expert in military affairs who worked for a Moscow organization. ///OPT/// Officials from the United States Embassy in Moscow would not comment on the case. ///END OPT/// An F-S-B statement says that while searching the U-S citizen's belongings, Russian investigators found signs that - in their words - "the foreigner intentionally developed contacts with Russian scientists in Moscow, Novosibirsk, and other," with what was described as "the goal of gathering Russian state secrets." The F-S-B statement says investigators had confiscated items including technical drawings, recordings of conversations with Russian citizens who worked in the defense industry, and receipts for cash received in U-S dollars. The statement said the Russian citizen who was detained with the suspected U-S spy was caught with a large amount of foreign currency. The most recent spy scandal between Russia and the United States occurred late last year when Russian authorities expelled United States diplomat Cheri Leberknight after accusing her of trying to gather secret military information. Washington soon after expelled a Russian diplomat accused of planting a listening device in the State Department. (Signed) NEB/EC/GE/KL 05-Apr-2000 10:40 AM EDT (05-Apr-2000 1440 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .