31.   The exact basis for the espionage charges remains unclear.

32.   The Federal Security Service arrested another Russian researcher on espionage charges, this time a Siberian university professor accused of selling space secrets to China.

33.   The Frenchman, who faces espionage charges in France, has admitted to handing off the information.

34.   The hoopla and the espionage charges leading up to the game made it largely anticlimactic.

35.   Police are investigating espionage charges against him.

36.   Pasko was acquitted of espionage charges, but the case is being heard again in the Pacific port of Vladivostok after prosecutors appealed the verdict.

37.   Putin also promised to look into the case of Edmund Pope, an American businessman arrested on espionage charges in April, after a court makes a verdict.

38.   Perisic, an outspoken critic of the military, has denied the espionage charges.

39.   A British journalist arrested after sneaking into Afghanistan is under investigation for possible espionage charges, Kabul radio reported Saturday.

40.   A former Russian Navy officer is facing espionage charges for leaking the reports.