Moscow - Moscow yesterday ordered the expulsion of a middle-level US diplomat accused of stealing military secrets, Interfax reported, citing Russian diplomatic sources. Russia notified the US of the decision in a protest note handed to a US embassy representative summoned to the foreign ministry, the news agency said.
Ms Cheri Leberknight, a second secretary in the US embassy's political-military section, was detained on Monday and briefly questioned after being caught "red-handed" trying to get secret military documents from a Russian citizen, according to Moscow.