U.S. Embassy Rejects Spying Allegations

By JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer
6 minutes ago



MOSCOW - The United States on Friday sharply rejected allegations by Russia's security chief that Washington had used non-governmental organizations and the Peace Corps for espionage and to promote political upheaval in the former Soviet republics.

The allegations were a sign of Kremlin displeasure as popular uprisings have sparked government changes in Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan in the past three months. All three countries are part of what Russia regards as its historical sphere of influence.

Key figures in those uprisings have had contact with Western democracy-promoting groups that Russia accuses of fomenting revolution. Among those groups is the International Republican Institute, which gets most of its funding from the U.S. government.

Nikolai Patrushev, director of the Federal Security Service, made the accusations Thursday and directed similar allegations at British, Saudi and Kuwaiti groups.

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more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050513/ap_on_re_eu/russia_spies_us

hmmm, who to believe?:dilemma:

Is a nest of spies....

in America's "sphere of influence" in Central or South America.

Oh. we don't have to imagine