Russia has expelled the military attaché at the Israeli embassy in Moscow of espionage, said, Wednesday, May 18 evening, the army and the Israeli Ministry of Defense, saying the accusation was "unfounded". "The military attaché and representative of the Israeli Ministry of Defense in Russia, a colonel in the Israeli armed forces, was arrested last week by the Russian authorities, who suspected him of spying, an official announcement.
According to Haaretz, the arrest date of May 12 "The security services in Israel conducted a detailed investigation and concluded that these allegations (espionage) were unfounded," says the joint communique of the military and the Department of Defense. The end of the mission of the military attache in Russia was expected in two months, the statement added.
Israeli military sources have identified as a colonel in the Air Force, Vadim Liederman, saying he had returned to Israel a few days ago after being questioned by Russian authorities, who suspected him of spying and ordered to leave the country immediately. According to Israeli television, Russia would have released without charges because of his diplomatic immunity.
He was arrested in a cafe where he was a Russian citizen. "He was suspected by the Russians to deal with several local agents," said the television. Colonel Lierderman was born in the former Soviet Union and speaks Russian fluently. Engineer, is a technical expert from the Air Force, who has previously served several years in the U.S., according to Haaretz.
According to Israeli news site Ynet, the military attache "maintains that the allegations are unfounded, they are false and that the incident is due to a misunderstanding." "Intensive efforts have been made in recent days by Israel to appease Moscow and prevent the escalation of a serious diplomatic crisis.
However, the Russians seem determined to use every legal means at their disposal against the officer," understands Ynet. "Israel has major security and political interests in Russia and is trying to limit the damage," the site. During a visit to Moscow last March, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had tried to persuade Russian leaders to distance themselves with the regimes of Iran and Syria, considered strategic threats by Israel.
Russia remains a major arms supplier to the Arab world and has agreed to provide such sophisticated antiship missiles Yakhont to Syria, a country technically at war with Israel. Israeli officials fear that the delivery will end up in the hands of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah. This case is far from being the first of its kind.
In early 1990, a Mossad agent (the intelligence service of Israel), Reuven Daniel, was arrested in a Moscow subway station after satellite images of the coin to a company that belonged to Russian military intelligence, to According to Haaretz. The most famous Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard is today, 56 years, a U.S.
Navy analyst convicted by the U.S. justice to life imprisonment in 1987 for providing Israel with thousands of documents classified "secret Defence on the espionage activities of the United States, mostly in Arab countries. Israel has sought, unsuccessfully so far, the president Barack Obama to release him. 
According to Haaretz, the arrest date of May 12 "The security services in Israel conducted a detailed investigation and concluded that these allegations (espionage) were unfounded," says the joint communique of the military and the Department of Defense. The end of the mission of the military attache in Russia was expected in two months, the statement added.
Israeli military sources have identified as a colonel in the Air Force, Vadim Liederman, saying he had returned to Israel a few days ago after being questioned by Russian authorities, who suspected him of spying and ordered to leave the country immediately. According to Israeli television, Russia would have released without charges because of his diplomatic immunity.
He was arrested in a cafe where he was a Russian citizen. "He was suspected by the Russians to deal with several local agents," said the television. Colonel Lierderman was born in the former Soviet Union and speaks Russian fluently. Engineer, is a technical expert from the Air Force, who has previously served several years in the U.S., according to Haaretz.
According to Israeli news site Ynet, the military attache "maintains that the allegations are unfounded, they are false and that the incident is due to a misunderstanding." "Intensive efforts have been made in recent days by Israel to appease Moscow and prevent the escalation of a serious diplomatic crisis.
However, the Russians seem determined to use every legal means at their disposal against the officer," understands Ynet. "Israel has major security and political interests in Russia and is trying to limit the damage," the site. During a visit to Moscow last March, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had tried to persuade Russian leaders to distance themselves with the regimes of Iran and Syria, considered strategic threats by Israel.
Russia remains a major arms supplier to the Arab world and has agreed to provide such sophisticated antiship missiles Yakhont to Syria, a country technically at war with Israel. Israeli officials fear that the delivery will end up in the hands of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah. This case is far from being the first of its kind.
In early 1990, a Mossad agent (the intelligence service of Israel), Reuven Daniel, was arrested in a Moscow subway station after satellite images of the coin to a company that belonged to Russian military intelligence, to According to Haaretz. The most famous Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard is today, 56 years, a U.S.
Navy analyst convicted by the U.S. justice to life imprisonment in 1987 for providing Israel with thousands of documents classified "secret Defence on the espionage activities of the United States, mostly in Arab countries. Israel has sought, unsuccessfully so far, the president Barack Obama to release him.
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