The Russian Security Service, or FSB, said Eugene Spector collected information in the interests of the Pentagon, a Russian news agency reported on Friday.

Eugene Spector, a US citizen jailed for a total of 15 years this week after a Moscow court convicted him of espionage, was found guilty of passing

MOSCOW - Eugene Spector, a US citizen jailed for a total of 15 years on Dec 24 after a Moscow court convicted him of espionage, was found guilty of passing biotechnology secrets to the US, Russia’s FSB security service said on Dec 27.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow is considering taking steps to resume nuclear tests. He made the warning while cautioning President-elect Donald Trump against resuming nuclear testing next year in an interview with the Russian newspaper Kommersant.

Russia's point man for arms control cautioned Donald Trump's incoming administration on Friday against resuming nuclear testing, saying Moscow would keep its own options open amid what he said was Washington's "extremely hostile" stance.

Moscow has warned Donald Trump against resuming the testing of nuclear weapons when he takes office, saying it would “not rule anything out” in response to US aggression.

China's President Xi Jinping will visit Russia in 2025, Russia's state-run RIA news agency quoted Moscow's ambassador to Beijing as saying early on Friday.

Speaking to Russian media, Ambassador Igor Morgulov said plans for several bilateral events were being "drawn up" but that Xi’s trip was a priority.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia in 2025. He has met with Vladimir Putin multiple times since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to Reuters. "What can be said that is no secret, in terms of priority,