On November 30, a Moscow court arrested Russian citizen Alexey Zhitnyuk on treason charges, though the ruling was only reported on December 11. Zhitnyuk is suspected of passing top secret naval intelligence to the CIA, according to Rosbalt, which reported that he was detained in a special operation by the Federal Security Service (FSB). Sources also told Rosbalt that the FSB has noticed a spike in U.S. intelligence-gathering in Russia, Europe, and throughout the former USSR.









